An example of a long symphonic poem that tells a story through sound is
a. Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning."
b. Strauss's Death and Transfiguration.
c. Milton's Samson Agonistes.
d. Agee's A Death in the Family.
b
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On the blank line beneath each of the following examples, write the type scale or mode that is used. Following your answer, write the names of the notes that form the scale or mode. (For example, if the mode were C Ionian, you would write C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C.) In each excerpt, you may consider the last note to be the “tonic.”
The "Books of the Dead" were __________.
A. books of prayers spoken during the funeral of wealthy Egyptians B. collections of magic spells to help the dead survive Osiris's judgment C. records of soldiers who died during the Nubian conquest of Egypt D. lists of Egyptian pharaohs who ruled during the Old Kingdom
The term Gothic was originally a derogatory term suggesting that, like the Goths, the new style
a) celebrated darkness. b) desecrated Classical traditions. c) valued vigor over intellect. d) insulted the Christian God.
The film movement that emphasized bizarre and evocative imagery while attacking traditional notions of causality and coherence was known as
A. dadaism. B. impressionism. C. expressionism. D. surrealism.