intro to music chap 21 quiz

Which statement about Henry Purcell is NOT true?

He composed anthems for the Lutheran church

Which of the following is a passage sung by a solo voice in opera, typically in A-B-A form?

aria

The recitative of "Dido's Lament" is accompanied by a/an:

basso continuo

Which of the following best describes the form of Purcell's aria in "Dido's Lament"?

binary form (AABB)

Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas is set in which country?

carthage

Musical passages which are based on all twelve half-steps in an octave are considered to be:

chromatic

Listen to the selection from "When I am laid in earth" from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas—what instrument do you NOT hear?

cornet

Musical passages which are based on five whole-steps and two half-steps in an octave are considered to be:

diatonic

Aeneas, the male lead in Dido and Aeneas, is the mythical personage commonly held responsible for:

founding the country of italy

Henry Purcell's "Dido's Lament" begins with a/an _________ and continues with a/an ____.

fugue/postlude

Like a soliloquy in a play, which of the following aspects of opera refers to a solo passage in an opera which features declamatory singing.

recitative

The aria of "Dido's Lament" is based on a repeating pattern in the bass called a/an:

sigh motive

Henry Purcell's "Dido's Lament" was based on which of the following literary works?

the aeneid