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Questions 47-52 refer to Scores D1 AND D2: SCORE D1     SCORE D2    

Section 3: Free-Answer Questions Questions 71-80 Please type your answer in the space provided under each question. You should allocate approximately 30 minutes to this portion of the exam.

A common theme in pieces of this genre was

Based on the musical style and material, the character who is singing this music is most likely

This example is associated with a trend toward

A characteristic of this excerpt that is typical of its composer is

The chanson (Score D1) is in

In this example, the combination of the rhyme scheme of the text and the melodic structure of the music creates the following form: 

Questions 18-22 refer to Listening Example E:   Ma in Ispagna son già mille e tre. V’han fra queste contadine, Cameriere, cittadine, V’han contesse, baronesse, Marchesine, principesse. E v’han donne d’ogni grado, D’ogni forma, d’ogni età. Nella bionda egli ha l’usanza Di lodar la gentilezza, Nella bruna la costanza, Nella Bianca la dolcezza. Vuol d’inverno la grassotta, Vuol d’estate la magrotta; È la grande maestosa, La piccina e ognor vezzosa. But in Spain, there are already 1003. Among these are country girls, maids, city women, countesses, baronesses, marchionesses, princesses, and women of every rank, of every shape, of every age. In a blonde he usually praises her kindness; in a brunette, her constancy; in a very fair one, her sweetness. He wants in winter a plump one, and in summer a lean one; The large one is majestic, the petite one always charming.

The voice type and vocal style in this excerpt would suggest that the character who is singing is