Pre-Columbia American interiors were ornate and colorful.

What musical style does the following passage best describe: a style in which a singer declaims a text in a manner once measured and free, lyrical yet rhythmically fluid, monody lies partway between song and speech?

a) recitative b) monody c) opera d) basso continuo

Why did single-impression printing, rather than multiple-impression printing become the norm for publishing music until late seventeenth century?

What will be an ideal response?