Why did Mahler often write an orchestral accompaniment for his songs?

a. Because that was what the patron who commissioned the works requested.
b. So they could be performed on concerts of the Vienna PhilharmonicOrchestra.
c. Because the opera stars who sang the works would overwhelm a pianoaccompaniment

The most venerated pilgrimage shrine in the West, outside Rome or Jerusalem, was the ____

a. tomb of Lazarus at Autun b. tomb of Saint Foy at Conques c. tomb of Saint Martin at Tours d. tomb of Saint James at Santiago de Compostela

In what ways did the motion picture industry in the late 1900s attempt to make films more prestigious and film going more respectable? What pressures were producers and exhibitors responding to?

What will be an ideal response?