____ became a student at the Paris Conservatory at the age of ten, lived a bohemian life, and in spite of achieving public recognition as an outstanding composer, was hounded by personal crises and debt until his/her death from cancer in 1918
A) Lili Boulanger
B) Erik Satie
C) Gabriel Fauré
D) Claude Debussy
D
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Concert halls in Mozart's time
a. were much smaller than modern concert halls. b. were nonexistent; concerts were strictly private affairs for the aristocracy. c. consisted mostly of repurposed cathedrals following the Reformation. d. were outdoor amphitheaters.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In order not to be taxed as a for-profit organization, nonprofit symphony orchestras in the United States must keep their budgets under $15 million a year. 2. A nonprofit arts organization can be expected to cover costs by ticket sales if well run. 3. The bulk of contributions to nonprofit arts organizations today come from individual persons, not institutions. 4. Charitable foundations are a steady source of financial grants for nonprofit performing arts organizations. 5. About half of the applications from qualified music organizations that come to the federal funding agency National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) end up receiving grants.
Why did a rooster have psychological meaning to Jackson Pollock, who painted one into his Guardians of the Secret?
a. He identified with the arrogance associated with the rooster. b. He grew up on a California chicken farm. c. A rooster had stolen his severed fingertip. d. Like his art, roosters symbolize honesty.
The American writer Henry Thoreau
A. valued nature as a source of information. B. praised the U. S. government for its commitment to human liberty. C. viewed industrialization as key to perfecting human society. D. All these answers are correct.