What did Elizabethan theatre rely on to fill the stage and shape the action?
A. Improvisation between the written scenes
B. Elaborate sets and lots of furniture
C. The language of the play
D. The costumes
Answer: C
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What is the term for a dissonant chord that results from stacking one triad or
seventh chord upon another?
a. eleventh chord b. tone cluster c. polymeter d. atonality e. polychord
The main difference between a major scale and a minor scale is
A. the different types of rhythms that accompany them. B. the interval between the second and third scale degrees is smaller in the minor scale. C. the major scale has more octaves than the minor scale. D. the major scale has twelve pitches per octave while the minor scale has only nine.
What piece is considered an early example of program music?
A. Brandenburg Concertos B. "The Little Fugue in G Minor" C. Water Music D. The Four Seasons
In the Greek tragedy Medea by Euripides, Medea murders her children to get revenge on her husband Jason, who has betrayed her. Why might this ancient Greek play still be meaningful for a twenty-first century audience in the United States of America? Instead of producing the play with actors using masks and cothornous (wooden shoes with tall heels) as they did in ancient Greece, how might you produce such a play to make it more meaningful to a contemporary audience?
What will be an ideal response?