What was the term Kurt Weill used to describe music of artistic quality that was accessible to a general audience?
A) naturalism
B) Gebrauchsmusik
C) expressionism
D) modernism
B
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a. came gradually, after centuries of decline b. brought into being a new kind of theatre based on quite different conventions c. signaled the end of a naïve and primitive staging d. accompanied the tumult over the Reformation e. opened the way for an invigorated amateur, communal theatre
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Compare and contrast the musical style of Debussy’s Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun and the “Ride of the
Valkyries” from Wagner’s Die Walküre. For the purposes of the essay, ignore the text setting of the vocal line and simply consider it as another strand of orchestral texture. Focus attention on the style of melody, use of musical climax, and treatment of the orchestra that these two composers employed. In what way are these compositions representative of Impressionism and the late-Romantic style of German music?
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