Question

In this piece's F minor first movement, the two soloists enter with a melodic sequence in stretto, resulting in a chain of suspensions. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this sacred piece that Neapolitan composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi wrote for soprano, alto, strings, and continuo while dying of tuberculosis.
ANSWER: Stabat Mater
[10e] Pergolesi's Stabat Mater ends with a long fugue on this two-syllable word, which often names plagal cadences and ends Gregorian chants.
ANSWER: amen
[10m] Pergolesi's Stabat Mater overshadowed a prior setting by a composer from this family who founded the Neapolitan school and helped develop the da capo aria. A member of this family wrote 555 keyboard sonatas.
ANSWER: Scarlatti [accept Alessandro Scarlatti or Domenico Scarlatti]
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