What is an ostinato?
a. solo singing accompanied by a basso continuo
b. compositional style that exploits the strengths and avoids the weaknesses of
particular voices and instruments
c. the text of a chamber cantata, opera, or oratorio
d. a musical figure, motive, melody, harmony, or rhythm that is repeated again
and again
e. the repetition of a musical motive at successively higher or lower degrees of
the scale
D
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All of the following were true regarding the Romantic period around the turn of the nineteenth century except
A. "monster," grandiose performances were greatly appreciated. B. the range of volume increased significantly as composers called for the very softest and very loudest effects. C. oratorios were sometimes given festival performances with over five hundred people participating. D. even as music performance moved from the private chamber to the public concert hall, the quality and quantity of music remained unchanged.
Georgia O’Keeffe’s early work was inspired by
a) the prairie. b) New York City. c) beaches and the ocean. d) forests and woods.