Who was responsible for saving some of Western civilization's most priceless treasures-the musical manuscripts of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and Mendelssohn-from destruction during the bombing of Berlin during the Second World War?
A) Georg Schünemann, the foresighted music librarian of the Prussian State Library in Berlin, who subsequently, devastated by the destruction, committed suicide
B) Joseph Goebbels, the ruthless minister of the German Department of Education and Propaganda
C) Adolf Hitler, a self-professed devotee of classical music, and whose megalomania is ultimately responsible for the destruction of 20,000,000 lives
D) no one is responsible, it was sheer coincidence that they survived the complete and total destruction of Berlin
A
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a. abstract. b. descriptive. c. symbolic. d. expressive.
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a. the traditional way to welcome spring. b. an important means of fostering solidarity among a diverse population. c. a way of teaching music theory. d. a way to form small music communities that shared a common interest.