_____________ was a famous Romantic composer who started sho…

_____________ was a famous Romantic composer who started showing signs of psychosis and, after a suicide attempt, was taken to an asylum. Although one of the more progressive hospitals of its day, this asylum did not allow visits from close relatives, so his wife would not see her husband for over two years, and then only in the two days before his death

The predominant style of opera in the baroque period was cal…

The predominant style of opera in the baroque period was called (in Italian) ____________ that is, serious opera. It was called “serious” because the subject material for these operas was very serious, presenting historical subjects (usually Roman history) or Greek/Roman mythology (gods and goddesses).