A performance in front of an audience prior to the "official" opening of a play, when the director and the performers discover which parts of the play are successful and which are not, is known as the

Nicolas Poussin is called a Classicist because he ___________________

A. organized natural elements and figures into idealized compositions B. included Classical references in his paintings. C. had studied ancient Greece and Rome extensively D. lived in Rome for much of his life

What information does twelfth-century diastematic chant notation convey, as compared with non-diastematic chant notation?

a) it offers gestural shapes only, with no precise pitch information b) it notates pitches clearly on a full set of staff lines c) it provides a better sense of pitch, by aligning neumes around two fixed lines d) it notates a precise rhythm for each individual pitch