The "virtuoso" orchestra, initiated by Mendelssohn, began flourishing
A) under composer-conductors such as Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss.
B) in mid-19th-century Italy.
C) mainly in the Viennese courts.
D) under Beethoven's direction.
A
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Charles V owed his position as the monarch of a massive empire primarily to
A. timely deaths and births and astute political marriages. B. the decision to raise a huge standing army governed through meritocracy. C. the collapse of the monarchies of neighboring Spain and France. D. a fortuitous growth in agricultural yields and technological developments in his lands.
Polyrhythm can be defined as
a. Multiple rhythms of different meter occurring simultaneously b. A repeated rhythmic pattern c. A complex rhythm pattern that occurs intermittently in a song d. Multiple rhythms of the same meter that occur sequentially in a song