A ________ is a chemical element that a plant can only obtain from its environment and is needed to complete its life cycle.  

  A highly emotional song in an opera is called a(n)  

  Which of the following are characteristic of opera seria?  

  The harpsichord is different from the piano because  

  In the Act III quartet from Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, each of the four characters presents a different point of view—and thus each character’s singing style is slightly different. In which of the following excerpts do you hear Gilda lamenting her lost love (against the sonic backdrop of the other characters)?   Excerpt 1   Excerpt 2  

  How did opera buffa differ from opera seria?  

  In the Act III quartet from Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto, each of the four characters presents a different point of view—and thus each character’s singing style is slightly different. In which of the following excerpts do you hear Gilda lamenting her lost love (against the sonic backdrop of the other characters)?   Excerpt 1   Excerpt 2  

  The vocal style in opera that imitates the natural inflections of speech is called  

  Which of the following excerpts portrays the collapse of the mountain on top of the trolls in Edvard Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King (from his Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1)?   Excerpt 1   Excerpt 2  

  The center of music publishing in New York was called