All of the following are true of Pirates of Penzance EXCEPT which statement?
a) it employs arias, duets, and accompanied recitatives
b) it parodies established nineteenth-century operatic conventions
c) its popularity was confined to England
d) its world premiere nearly prompted a musician's strike
Question 2
This selection best relates to which statement? It is a(n)?
a) Marian Motet, written to praise the Virgin Mary
b) occasional motet, written in response to a specific event or occasion
c) movement from the Mass Ordinary
d) polyphonic secular song