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Question 1

Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty are all ballets by...

Accepted Answer

Peter Tchaikovsky

Answer

Explanation:
During the Romantic era, Peter Tchaikovsky wrote three ballets: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. Another composer from the Romantic era was Felix Mendelssohn. American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham lived during the twentieth century. The leading classical music composer of symphonies, concertos, and operas was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Question 2

What do the Peabody, the jitterbug, the foxtrot, and the mashed potato have in common?

Accepted Answer

They are all popular American dances of the 1930s, 1940s or 1950s

Answer

Explanation:
From the 1930s to the 1950s, the Peabody, foxtrot, jitterbug, and mashed potato were all well-liked dances in America. The Peabody and foxtrot, jitterbug, and mashed potato were all well-liked dances in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, respectively. They are not forms of ballroom or folk dancing. Jazz is a prominent dance style in American musicals and is distinguished by flat-footed steps and syncopated rhythms.

Question 3

Which is typically not the true with a symphony?

Accepted Answer

The second movement is usually fast

Answer

Explanation:
Moderato (moderate), vivace (rapid), andante (walking speed), and presto are all examples of musical tempos (extremely fast). Rhythm is the pattern of note length in music. The term "meter" describes a musical piece's rhythm.

Question 4

Moderato, vivace, andante, and presto are some instances of

Accepted Answer

Tempos

Answer

Explanation:
There are various tempos, or speeds, in music, including presto, andante, vivace, and moderato (extremely fast). Rhythm is the pattern of note duration in music. A musical piece's rhythmic rhythms are referred to as its meter. The space between two musical pitches is known as an interval.

Question 5

Which displays the Western music history's eras in the proper order?

Accepted Answer

Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th century

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Explanation:
Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th century is the historical eras of Western music in chronological order. The term "Gregorian" describes a kind of Capella liturgical music popular during the medieval era. The Baroque era saw the invention of the musical genre known as opera. A popular style of painting during the Romantic musical era was expressionist. Music that lacks a central note, or key, became popular in the 20th century.

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