When modern composers used shocking dissonances to shake their listeners out of a state of complacency with
Romanticism, audiences were typically grateful and praised the newest musical efforts.
a. true
b. false
ANSWER: b
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What will be an ideal response?
At the beginning of Act Three, what do Prior 1 and Prior 2 come to tell Walter Prior?
A. That he will die B. That Prior's soul will go to heaven C. That his soul is cursed and he will not go to heaven D. That he needs to prepare
Coffering
a. helped expand interior space. b. lightened the weight of a dome or arch. c. enhanced the illusion of recession in the ceiling. d. both lightened the weight of a dome or arch, and enhanced the illusion of a recession in the ceiling.
Which composer wrote one of the first large-scale concert works entirely for percussion?
a) Edgard Varèse b) Igor Stravinsky c) Henry Cowell d) John Cage