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Music: An Appreciation: An Appreciation, Brief 4/e
Roger Kamien, Hebrew University
The Baroque Period
Henry Purcell

Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions



1

A common variation form in the baroque is the _______________
A)Minuet.
B)Ground bass or basso ostinato.
C)Cantata.
D)Figured bass.
2

Dido and Aeneas, which many people consider the finest opera ever written to an English text, was inspired by ______________.
A)Virgil's epic poem the Aeneid.
B)Purcell's visit to Greece.
C)Homer's Iliad.
D)A popular French opera.
3

Some indication of the acclaim and respect given Purcell by his contemporaries in England can be seen from the fact that he is buried in ______________.
A)Hyde Park.
B)Notre Dame de Paris.
C)Westminster Abbey.
D)Buckingham Palace.








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