What historical event caused composers to turn away from the idealistic, sentimental aesthetics of Romanticism and
find artistic validity in disjunction, anxiety, and even hysteria?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: World War I
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successes followed in rapid succession, but after he became famous and wealthy, he grew a bit complacent, composing less frequently and his last opera was left unfinished at his death from throat cancer.
a. Verdi b. Puccini c. Wagner d. Bizet e. Tchaikovsky
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a. Florence and Rome b. Venice