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nelaaney

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Which of the following is not true of Bach's time of composition?
 
  A) Composers were highly regarded as the top of the social class and were given complete freedom to compose their own music and style
 
  B) there was little financial incentive to compose
 
  C) all works were guaranteed a large public performance in a major venue
 
  D) the contrapuntal style grew increasingly more popular
 
  E) there was a great financial gain offered for the completion of The Art of the Fugue

Question 2

What is truly new about Caccini's Le nuove musiche?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

the composer's description of vocal technique, particularly ornamentation




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