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darbym82

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How does Benjamin Britten's War Requiem combine the old and the new?
 
  a. It draws on the idea of harmonic simplicity and repetitive rhythms.
  b. It includes fragments from Mozart's Requiem that Britten re-orchestrated.
  c. It translates the Latin Mass for the Dead into English.
  d.It intersperses English poetry throughout the traditional Latin Mass for the Dead.

Question 2

What meaning did Beethoven supposedly provide for Symphony no. 5's opening idea?
 
  a. birds singing in the morning
  b. fate knocking on the door
  c. the footsteps of revolutionaries
  d. the fall of the guillotine


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Reply #1 on: Jul 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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Reply #2 on: Jul 25, 2018
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