Why did Wagner consider mythology to be the perfect subject for his "music of the future"?

What will be an ideal response?


they were products of the collective imagination and therefore understood by all; the stories dealt with the essential problems facing humanity

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What is a hajj?

A) ?a sacred text attributed to Muhammad B) ?an architectural feature of a mosque C) ?a pilgrimage to Mecca D) ?an Islamic devotional poem

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A pure-blooded descendent of the Spanish born in Mexico was called a

a) criollo. b) castizo. c) mestizo. d) zambo.

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Which of the following is an example of a play written and performed solo by the playwright?

a. Spalding Gray's Swimming to Cambodia b. Moises Kaufman's The Laramie Project c. Caryl Churchill's Cloud 9 d. Henrik Ibsen's A Doll House

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What is the harmonic vocabulary of this selection?

a) largely chromatic b) highly diatonic c) atonal d) modal

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