How did Brahms's first symphony compare to the works of Beethoven? What did the critics of the day have to say about his work?

What will be an ideal response?


Eduard Hanslick compared the work to the symphonies of Beethoven

Hans von Bülow dubbed it Beethoven's tenth

colleagues/contemporaries acknowledged Brahms's strong connection with the past

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J. E. Millais's The Carpenter Shop is considered

a. a Pre-Raphaelite painting b. a symbolist painting. c. a realist painting. d. an impressionist painting.

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Which of the following accurately describes this selection??

a. ?It has influences from Indian film music and American rock. b. ?It makes no use of gamelan percussion instruments or scales. c. ?It involves a lead singer with instrumental accompaniment. d. ?All of the given answers.

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In which work is there a "Pool of Lust"?

a. Landscape with the Fall of Icarus b. The Alchemist c. The Judgment of Paris d. Garden of Earthly Delights e. Netherlandish Proverbs

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Where was the drum part for "He Who Gladly Serves" notated?

a) underneath the melody b) in a separate part-book c) above the melody d) nowhere

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