Impressionist composers moved away from the limits of tonality by
A) using harp and percussion.
B) introducing the leitmotif.
C) enlarging the orchestra.
D) using pentatonic, chromatic, and whole-tone scales.
D
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A) Greater Perfect System B) music of the spheres C) proslambanomenos D) musica humana
Construction of buildings like Santa Sabina relies on construction principles learned in the:
a. Basilica Ulpia b. Pantheon c. Colosseum d. Hagia Sophia
Known for an iconoclastic musical style, his compositions call for an enormous number of musicians. He experimented
with new instruments and wrote a treatise on musical instruments that is still used as a textbook in music conservatories around the world.
a. Brahms b. Musorgsky c. Tchaikovsky d. Liszt e. Berlioz
At one exceedingly memorable moment in this excerpt the strings are instructed to play?
a) col legno b) pizzicato c) divisi d) with continuous down bows