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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

What is the form of the chanson in Score D1?

Words like this were performed

Section 2: Score Examples Questions 33-70 There are several questions (usually four or five) that relate to each example, so make sure that you answer all of the questions for each example. You should allocate approximately 30 minutes to this portion of the exam. If the score is hard to read, you can use your browser to zoom-in.  On Chrome AND Firefox Zoom in: Ctrl and + (PC) or Command and + (Mac) Zoom out: Ctrl and – (PC) or Command and – (Mac)

Questions 66-70 refer to Score H: 

Questions 23-27 refer to Listening Example F:

The genre of this work is

For his principal employer, this composer wrote many works of this kind for performance by