Who was the first great composer to write consistently for the violin, an instrument which heretofore had considered a "low-class" instrument, only suitable for playing in inns and taverns?
A) Claudio Monteverdi
B) Salomone Rossi
C) Arcangelo Corelli
D) Antonio Vivaldi
A
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a) a song for solo voice and (usually) piano b) a melodic operatic aria c) a chordal hymn setting d) an operatic production that employs spoken text
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In the fourth movement of his Concerto for Orchestra Bartók satirizes the
a. government of Hungary b. administration of the Conservatory of Music c. Nazis who had occupied Hungary d. United Nations e. Russians
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