Author Question: Which recordings are generally considered to be Ella Fitzgerald's most significant? a. her live ... (Read 62 times)

ARLKQ · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

Which recordings are generally considered to be Ella Fitzgerald's most significant?

a. her live New York City nightclub recordings in the 1960s
b. her work with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in the 1940s
c. her songbook recordings, interpreting the work of American songwriters
d. the Tisket a Tasket sessions with the Chick Webb band

Question 2

Why did Mahler often write an orchestral accompaniment for his songs?

a. Because that was what the patron who commissioned the works requested.
b. So they could be performed on concerts of the Vienna PhilharmonicOrchest ra.
c. Because the opera stars who sang the works would overwhelm a pianoaccompaniment.
d. The large ensemble helped him to plumb the depths of emotion.