What composer achieved innovations in orchestration and tonality that are often called "impressionism in music"?

a. Claude Debussy
b. Johannes Brahms
c. Giuseppe Verdi
d. Richard Wagner


Answer: a

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a. mana possessed by animals and nature b. belief that the god unites Earth and sky c. spiritual life forces of honored ancestors d. bond between humans and nature in Dreamtime

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