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Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 7 would certainly have been considered formalistic and banned by Soviet authorities, but due to the confusion of war-time society, it slipped past the censors. After the war, how did the pianist Sviatoslav Richter explain the composition as an example of realism?
 
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Which statement applies to Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame (Mass of Our Lady)?
 
  A) it is liturgically appropriate for, and thus can be performed on, many days of the church year
  B) it is the first cyclic Mass
  C) it is the longest polyphonic composition written before the fifteenth century
  D) all of these choices


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Kjones0604

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Reply #1 on: Jul 25, 2018
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expresses the anxiety and uncertainty of the individual in a war-torn world

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Reply 2 on: Jul 25, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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