Dmitri Shostakovich wrote an article in The New York Times (1931) contending that all music contains a political and social message
A) true
B) false
A
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A. realistic B. idealized C. Classical D. ornamental
French New Wave films continued the experimentation with plot construction begun by the Italian Neorealists.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Composers used all of the following to convey national color in music with the
exception of __________.
a. major and minor scales b. folksongs and dance rhythms c. local instrumental sounds d. opera librettos e. the subject of program music
What commonality is shared by the three major literary works of the Middle Ages: Dante's Inferno, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and Boccaccio's Decameron?
a) The use of historical events and people in fictionalized accounts. b) The debate about the nature of the individual, salvation, and free will. c) The motif of the journey used to provide a structure for the story. d) The focus on the Christian ideas about heaven, hell, sin, and punishment.