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1. Name and describe three major elements of composition commonly found in Baroque music. Answer: (5 points) Score

2. Choose one composer: Bach, Vivaldi, or Handel. Describe in detail the contributions that he made to the Baroque period. Be sure to include important musical compositions, Baroque characteristics commonly found in his works, and primary elements of his compositional styles. Answer: (3 points) Score

3. Name six major opera forms from the seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, and/or twentieth centuries. Answer: (6 points) Score

4. Choose one opera form to describe in detail. Include the following information:
• When was it popular? • What were the major characteristics of this form? • What specifically makes this form of opera unique or different form other forms? • Which major composers wrote this type of opera? Answer: