The caricature of the opera singer in a helmet with horns and breastplates comes from Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

In a traditional production of the Ring, Brünnhilde and her sisters, the Valkyries, are usually dressed with breastplates and sometimes wear helmets with wings on the sides. When one sees cartoons that make fun of opera, it is often that image that is portrayed.

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Handel composed in virtually every genre of music known in Western Europe during the early eighteenth century

A) true B) false

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Images such as Titian's Rape of Europa (17.36) were referred to as _______

a. Greek myths b. poesie c. tableaux d. altarpieces

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Afrika Bambaataa introduced Jamaican disc jockeying techniques and toasting to New York City's break dancing scene.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Match each movement to the description Berlioz describes in the score for his Symphonie fantastique.

What will be an ideal response?

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