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The opposite of program music is

In which movement from Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1 did Grieg imagine “the sun breaking through the clouds at the first forte”?

The late Renaissance madrigal came to full flower in the music of

Which of the following best characterize(s) artists of the Classical era?

When a melody is transposed to another key, what remains the same?

Which literary figure had a particular influence on Berlioz’s work?

Which culture developed a complex tradition of social part song, in which separate musical lines are combined into a harmonious whole?

Setting aside all distractions and letting the music be the foreground activity is called

What are the differences between an opera and an oratorio? Use examples of each genre to support your answer.

The syllables “fa la la” appeared in the refrains of secular music from