What is a divertissement?
A) an instrumental interlude
B) an interlude of dancing and occasional singing
C) a suite for orchestral instruments
D) a pause between the acts of the tragédie lyrique
B
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a. a method of shaming Londoners. b. a message to the upper classes. c. social commentary. d. a warning against sin.
In France, which of the following happened one year after the Blum-Byrnes accord of 1946 eliminated France's prewar quotas on American films?
A. The number of American imports increased and the number of French productions decreased. B. The numbers of both American imports and French productions increased. C. The number of American imports decreased and the number of French productions increased. D. The numbers of both American imports and French productions decreased.
Which of the following is true of Henry Purcell?
a) He worked at the English court and only composed secular music. b) He composed many operas after Dido and Aeneas. c) He eventually gained the reputation as the greatest of all seventeenth-century English composers. d) He traveled to Italy to learn how to compose opera.
"Stride" and "boogie-woogie" are terms that are both related to
A. sweet jazz. B. New Orleans jazz. C. jazz piano. D. melodic embellishments.