How do we know that the loud crash in the fourth movement of Symphonie fantastique represents the fall of the guillotine?
a. The music evokes the image without question.
b. Berlioz arranged for a guillotine on stage during the first performance.
c. Guillotines were an important part of popular culture in nineteenth-century Paris.
d. Berlioz wrote it in the program.
D
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A) aleatoric music B) total serialism C) electronic music D) all of these choices
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What theatrical form is based on historical documents, which gives the production an air of authenticity and historical reality?
A. Agit-prop theatre B. Vaudeville C. Expressionism D. Documentary drama
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