Write a brief essay on bands of music and the function of these ensembles.

What will be an ideal response?

used for more elaborate functions; public concertsinstrumentation: two oboestwo French hornsone or two bassoonsoften two clarinets (sometimes replacing the oboes)ensemble was well known in Europe such composers as Mozart and Haydn wrote for this ensembleoutdoor musicsocial (public concerts, outdoors and in theaters) and military occasions, paradesfairly skilled musiciansperformers: often regimental officers 

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Which genre is primarily intended for a small audience or just for the performers

themselves?

a. symphony b. string quartet c. Singspiel d. sonata e. serenade

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You have been selected to be a student director for the first time for an upcoming spring production. The play that you have been chosen to direct is a dramatic play with deep meanings and complex characters, and you will have four weeks of rehearsal in which to prepare the production. As a first-time director, you are unsure of how to begin your rehearsals after casting and you ask the theatre instructor what would be the best course of action for the first rehearsal. They will most likely suggest that the first rehearsal should be for

A. blocking the movements of the actors. B. table work with the cast. C. integrating all technical aspects of the production together. D. none of these choices

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