If the action of a play is serious but ends happily and the focus is more on what happens than how it happens, the play is probably classified as a

In this selection, at about :24, we hear?

a. ?percussion and female voices. b. ?solo mijwiz entering with percussion. c. ?male voice (vocables) with percussion. d. ?nay, buzuq, and qanun entering.

Which trait is not characteristic of Beethoven’s “heroic” period compositions?

a. longer, more assertive compositions b. full of grand gestures c. themes often based on patriotic melodies d. simple, triadic themes predominate e. music swells to majestic proportions