Author Question: Musically heightened speech that either reports dramatic action or advances the plot is called ... (Read 173 times)

bobbie · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

Musically heightened speech that either reports dramatic action or advances the
plot is called __________. It often makes use of rapidly repeating notes that
conclude with one or two long notes at the end of a phrase and is typically
accompanied only by the basso continuo.

a. ritornello
b. aria
c. libretto
d. recitative
e. cantata

Question 2

Which composition is the first true opera in Western music?

a. Dido and Aeneas
b. Carmen
c. Orfeo
d. Voglio morire
e. Romeo and Juliet