Handel began to compose oratorios in order to exploit a new, untapped market-the faithful of the Puritan, Methodist, and growing evangelical sects in England.
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Which composition was written using the 12-tone method?
Which composition was written using the 12-tone method?
Why is Orfeo significant in the history of European music?
Why is Orfeo significant in the history of European music?
What did the inventors of early opera think they were revivi…
What did the inventors of early opera think they were reviving?
Which singing style expresses feeling or emotion rather than…
Which singing style expresses feeling or emotion rather than narrating the drama’s action?
As a young man, which composer came to the attention of Serg…
As a young man, which composer came to the attention of Sergei Diaghilev, who made him the principal composer of the Ballets Russe?
What is the term that describes when a pianist plays—usually…
What is the term that describes when a pianist plays—usually with a fist or forearm—a dissonant sounding of several pitches, each only a half-step away from the other, in a densely packed chord?
Which era is known as the Baroque period?
Which era is known as the Baroque period?
Which composer is associated with the terms atonal music, Sp…
Which composer is associated with the terms atonal music, Sprechstimme, Expressionism, and 12-tone composition?
What is a spiritual melody or religious folksong of the Luth…
What is a spiritual melody or religious folksong of the Lutheran Church?