Author Question: What is the term used to indicate an instrumentalist or singer with a highly developed technical ... (Read 87 times)

swpotter12 · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

What is the term used to indicate an instrumentalist or singer with a highly developed technical facility?

a. prima donna
b. cadenza
c. verismo
d. troubadour
e. virtuoso

Question 2

Why did orchestras begin requiring a conductor during the early years of the nineteenth century?

a. because there was no longer a basso continuo player who could make the appropriate gestures
b. someone had to coordinate the efforts of the enlarged ensemble
c. a figurehead facilitated fundraising
d. audiencesneeded someone to signal appropriate moments for applause
e. it looked more dramatic