What is the significance of the contrast between the plain exterior of the Oratory of Galla Placidia (Figs. 7-19, 7-20, and 7-21) and its highly decorated interior?

Which genre of composition consists of two sections; the first in a slow, majestic duple meter with stately dotted

rhythms, while the contrasting second section features a fast triple meter in an imitative style?

a. chamber sonata b. French overture c. basso ostinato d. concerto grosso e. ritornello form

Compositions that place such elements as pitch, timbre, rhythm, and dynamics in a fixed order is called:

a. twelve-tone composition b. Expressionism c. serial music d. atonal music

e. Cubism