2 the text of handels oratorios is in german false

2. The text of Handel's oratorios is in German.
3. The text of Handel's operas is in Chinese. 4. Handel was a successful business man and was very popular as a musician in London.
5. A recitative is a song written for a large chorus of singers.
6. Oratorios have plots about political intrigue and are acted out on stage with costumes and set designs.
7. An aria is a song for one singer.
8. Handel wrote the Messiah over a twenty-year period.
9. Handel's Messiah was not well known until 1952.
10. Handel's Messiah has more than 50 movements (sections).
11. Part 3 of Messiah has the least number of movements (sections). 12. Cantatas in Bach's time were associated with the Christian Science church and the Church of England.

13. In Bach's time the Lutheran religious services lasted about four hours. 14. A chorale is a simple religious melody always sung in Latin and only by the professional choir of the
Lutheran church.
15. The Baroque time period immediately follows the Renaissance. 16. Bach's Cantata 140 -Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme is longer than Handel's Messiah.