Concepts: Texture, Melodic organization and devices
Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op.31
I. Bless the Lord, O My Soul
sung by The Moscow Chamber Choir

1.The two textures in this excerpt are
A. monophonic, then polyphonic
B. monophonic, then chordal homophony
C. canonic, then polyphonic
D. canonic, then chordal homophony
2.The two phrases sung by the chorus form
A. a double period	C. a contrasting period
B. a phrase group	D. a parallel period

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Answers:
1. B
2. C