The concerto added a new expressive dimension to Baroque music ...

[Mr. Wonderful]

The concerto added a new expressive dimension to Baroque music because it
 
  A) added vocals
 
  B) used chordal harmony
 
  C) enabled composers to add variety
 
  D) eliminates the old use of a ritornello
 
  E) does not sustain a single affect throughout a movement

Question 2

How was the patronage of opera different in Venice than elsewhere in Italy in the early decades of the seventeenth century?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[Viet Thy]

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

opera performances were open to all who could purchase a ticket rather than a select, elite audience

[Mr. Wonderful]

TYSM

[Liamb2179]

Excellent