Initially the ciaconna and passacaglia were synonymous (one a French term, the other Spanish), but as the seventeenth century progressed they developed unique characteristics -- in the former, the ostinato was consistently placed in the highest sounding part, while in the latter it was always played by the basso continuo

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During class discussion of A Doll House, a student explains that Nora leaving her husband at the end of the play affected her very deeply because of her own experience with divorce. The student has shared her

a. observation. b. interpretation. c. conception. d. frame of reference.

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The earliest known use of concrete on a grand scale is in the Porticus Aemilia

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