The baroque music that has come down to us was primarily written for the church and the nobility.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

True

As was the case for the music we studied from the medieval and Renaissance periods, the music from the baroque era that is available for us to study was composed for and played by or for the upper and royal classes. The types of songs and dances enjoyed in the alehouses or other types of street entertainment were not usually recorded in music notation, and we can only guess what they sounded like.

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