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  Which instrument did Louis Armstrong play?  

  How did opera buffa differ from opera seria?  

  In Rhapsody in Blue, the bulk of the musical elaboration is given to the piano soloist.  

  In which musical style did Copland compose?  

  The expressive device making the music directly reflect the meaning of the words is known as  

  The vocal style in opera that imitates the natural inflections of speech is called  

The waste products of cellular respiration include ________.  

  During the nineteenth century, titles such as “Prelude,” “Impromptu,” and “Intermezzo” were used for  

  In the Act III quartet from Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, each of the four characters presents a different point of view—and thus each character’s singing style is slightly different. In which of the following excerpts do you hear Gilda lamenting her lost love (against the sonic backdrop of the other characters)?   Excerpt 1   Excerpt 2  

  The center of music publishing in New York was called