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EY67

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What is the term for a small ensemble that furnishes a foundation for the melody or melodies of a composition,
  requires at least two instrumentalists, and occurs almost exclusively in Baroque music?


 
 

a. figured bass
  b. basso ostinato
  c. basso continuo
  d. canon


  e. counterpoint

Question 2

__________ is a genre that was prominent during the early Baroque. It consists of a few instruments that accompany
  a solo singer performing a song based on a highly charged, emotional text.


 
 

a. oratorio
  b. madrigal
  c. opera
  d. motet
  e. monody



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jliusyl

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Reply #1 on: Jul 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: c

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: e


EY67

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Reply 2 on: Jul 25, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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:D TYSM

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