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What is a punctum?
 
  A) a common cadence formula
  B) a lengthy melisma on a single syllable
  C) a percussion instrument used to maintain the pulsating beat in dances
  D) a succession of couplets, or pairs of musical phrases

Question 2

Despite this composer's success with such vocal genres as the opera, mass, and oratorio, he is remembered today primarily as a composer of instrumental music: symphonies, string quartets, concertos, and keyboard sonatas.
 
  A) Joseph Haydn
  B) J. C. Bach
  C) Domenico Scarlatti
  D) Christoph Willibald Gluck



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Answer to Question 1

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