Why did orchestras begin requiring a conductor during the early years of the nineteenth century?
a. because there was no longer a basso continuo player who could make the appropriate gestures
b. someone had to coordinate the efforts of the enlarged ensemble
c. a figurehead facilitated fundraising
d. audiencesneeded someone to signal appropriate moments for applause
e. it looked more dramatic
ANSWER: b
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