The purpose of these shows-which included songs, skits, and racy dancing girls-was to satirize high society's operatic tradition

What will be an ideal response?


Burlesque

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____ did not begin serious study of music until the age of twenty-three, when he began composition lessons with Rimsky-Korsakov. He eventually met Sergei Diaghilev, who commissioned him to write a ballet

A) Arnold Schoenberg B) Igor Stravinsky C) Sergei Prokofiev D) Alexander Scriabin

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Which of the following was NOT a swing era small group?

a. The Thundering Herd b. The Clambake Seven c. The Bobcats d. The Woodchoppers

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Horace was the probable source of the Neoclassical purpose of drama: to teach and to please

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In carrying the technique of chiaroscuro (dramatic light and shadow) to the cities of Florence and Naples, Artemisia Gentileschi spread the influence of what artist?

a. Caravaggio b. Gianlorenzo Bernini c. Nicolas Poussin d. Johannes Vermeer

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