Multiple Choice
Click on the play button below to listen to an excerpt from the “The Bird Catcher’s Aria” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte.
Mozart intended this aria to be relatively simple, as the role of Papageno was played by a fairly inexperienced singer. He achieved this by
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Responses
doubling the vocal line in the violins.
doubling the vocal line in the violins.
writing in strophic form, in which the words are set to repeating melodic verses.
writing in strophic form, in which the words are set to repeating melodic verses.
stating the melody in its entirety in the orchestral introduction before the singer begins to sing.
stating the melody in its entirety in the orchestral introduction before the singer begins to sing.
all of the above