Why might composers have used sonata form for almost all the first movements of Classic instrumental music?
a. It was best to start with a form that remained in one key throughout.
b. They wanted to present their most serious ideas at the beginning.
c. Emperor Joseph II required composers to use sonata form in first movements.
d. Sonata form music was the most likely to be published as sheet music.
b
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a. beautiful movement b. beauty c. ideas d. language
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Alma Schindler Mahler's "Die stille Stadt" is remarkable for its:
a. word painting. b. atonal melody and virtuosic accompaniment. c. advanced harmonic thinking and intense expressivity. d. pointillistic vocal line and accompaniment.
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