Why did historians deem popular entertainments unworthy of serious study for so long?
What will be an ideal response?
The student could discuss the idea of popular entertainments being unscripted,
not comprised to a high enough degree of the sixth elements of Aristotle's Poetics, or of the
lack of intellectual integrity as enough grounds for historians to have ruled them "un-
theatrical" and not truly an art.
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The set of Elgar's five orchestral marches are known as:
a. Pomp and Circumstance b. Cockaigne c. The Wasps d. "Enigma" Variations
Listen to opening "Iraqi Café (takht)." (PL 2-31) The rhythmic organization of this excerpt is best described as
A. duple meter. B. highly syncopated. C. triple meter. D. free rhythm.
Pico della Mirandola was a
A. modest individual who refused to speak out for his views. B. monk who denounced the Florentine art movement. C. scholar trained and expert in many disciplines. D. follower of mystical and pietistic learning.