Describe what happens during a "Rossini crescendo"?

What will be an ideal response?


a series of crescendos that coincide with repetitions of ever-shorter phrases, steading thickening of the orchestration, and an ever-quicker harmonic motion

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Which of the following correctly characterizes religion in Java? Most of the population

A. are Muslims who have followed strict, orthodox Islam since the 1990s. B. follow a fusion of Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and spirit worship. C. were converted to Christianity by the Dutch in colonial times. D. are nominally Buddhists, but also pray to totemistic deities.

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Spell the leading-tone triad in the following keys.

B minor _______________________ C# major _______________________ A@ major _______________________ D minor _______________________ G minor _______________________ G major _______________________ F major _______________________ E minor _______________________ E@ major _______________________ G@ major _______________________

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The word "Neolithic" means

Old Stone Age. New Stone Age. stone tools. nomadic.

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The term Paleolithic is used interchangeably with the term

A. New Stone Age. B. Old Stone Age. C. Mesolithic. D. Neolithic.

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