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Starlight

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Which of the following is true of Henry Purcell?
 
  a) He worked at the English court and only composed secular music.
  b) He composed many operas after Dido and Aeneas.
  c) He eventually gained the reputation as the greatest of all seventeenth-century English composers.
  d) He traveled to Italy to learn how to compose opera.

Question 2

Part of what makes the ending of Swan Lake so compelling musically is Tchaikovsky's __________.
 
  a) homosexuality
  b) rhythmic ingenuity
  c) orchestration
  d) use of folk tunes



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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