Bach did not compose his cantatas for the purpose of musical entertainment. What function did these works serve?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: musical sermons intended for the religious instruction of his community
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a. racing along a mountain riverbed. b. falling over a waterfall. c. flowing into a broad river. d. all of these. e. none of these.
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Nathan the Wise is the story of the queen of Athens who accuses her son of rape
A) True B) False
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European culture at the end of the 1800s is called _____
a. Jugendstil b. post-industrialism c. the symbolist era d. fin-de-siècle
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The remains of what appear to be the oldest stone temples have been discovered in ____
a. Babylon b. Thebes c. Sumer d. Göbekli Tepe
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