Michelangelo is considered a Mannerist and High Renaissance artist. What is it about his paintings that characterize the Mannerist style?

What two important musical instruments are attributed to the Islamic Middle East? How was the guitar probably introduced to Europe?

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While late Baroque composers reintroduced polyphony to the musical texture of

their music, compositions of the period still emphasized the melody and basso continuo at the expense of the middle parts, which was basically considered as nothing more than musical “filler.”

a. true b. false