Ellen Taaffe Zwilich was commissioned to write a work in commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of Handel's birth.

Explain how the humanities offer us a "deeper sense of the past."

What will be an ideal response?

All of the following occurred during the seventeenth century except

A. the opening of the first public opera house. B. the presentation of the first public concerts. C. the increasing trend among composers to seek public approval. D. the increasing reliance of Baroque composers upon a small, aristocratic audience to accept their works.