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hubes95

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Who was the leading composer of Italian opera in the first half of the nineteenth century?
 
  a) Francesco Piave
  b) Gioacchino Rossini
  c) Giaccomo Puccini
  d) Giuseppi Verdi

Question 2

With which of the following is there the strongest connection to the use of musical elements to imitate the meaning of a specific passage of text?
 
  a) word painting
  b) cross-relating
  c) musica ficta
  d) ostinato



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a



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