According to Mahler, the deep emotion of poetry could only be interpreted musically through an orchestral medium, even though all his songs exist in authentic versions for piano accompaniment

A) true
B) false


A

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What happened to the actors who staged the first play in what would later become the

United States?

a) They became stars b) They were arrested c) They won “best wig play” d) They ran for public office e) They were shipped back to France

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The first steps in a revolution that eventually transformed Western music began sometime between 700 and 900 with the ________.

A. addition of an organ accompaniment B. transcription of the music for several different instruments C. addition of chords to the melody line D. addition of a second melodic line to Gregorian chant

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What is the term for the instrumental passage that occurs at the beginning of an aria and returns frequently thereafter?

a. falsobordone b. ricercar c. ritornello d. verset

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Swing era improvisation was very often ____, a continuation of the trend from the 1920s

a. worked out ahead of time b. outright improvisation c. partly written out by the arranger d. almost completely arranged to go along with the background horn parts

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