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| | CDGFS for Listening/Score Examples: |
 | | C=S. Landi; D=1632; G=Roman opera; F=instrumental sinfonia in 4 sections, with similar music at beginning and end; comic aria is strophic; S=instrumental sinfonia reminiscent of Gabrieli canzona, with chansonesque rhythmic motives, and variable, often lightly imitative textures. |
 | | C=Monteverdi; D=1643; G=Venetian opera; F=mix of recitative, bel canto triple meter aria, duple meter strophic aria; final part of scene is unified by recurrent refrain sung by Poppea; S=recitative follows natural rise and fall of voice, rather than heightened rhetoric of Florentine opera. |
 | | Recitative leavened with lilting triple meter, bel canto arias, and strophic, duple meter arias; Nero sung by castrati. |
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