Philosopher ______________ is regarded as the founder of the Enlightenment movement and believed each person has “natural rights,” that government has obligations to its citizens.

Composer, Guessepi Verdi inherits a style of early nineteenth-century Italian opera known as ____________, which literally means “beautiful singing” and was intended to showcase the beauty of the human voice.

Who was known as the “first man of jazz” and was known for improvising all of his performances in the early 1900s?

Which of the following is the best description of ambiguity? 

_______________ is the compositional technique used when incorporating many of the characteristics of the classical period into musical compositions

____________ was a wealthy widow who furnished Tchaikovsky (and other musicians) with financial stability, which helped him overcome his depression and continue composing. They communicated through a series of letters to one another, and this distance letter-friendship soon became one of fervent attachment. The letters would explain how he envisioned and wrote his music. 

____________ in music, as in art, focused on the creator’s impres­sion of an object, concept, or event.

Erlkönig (Elf King) features ___________________ which is music that sounds out its meaning. In this art song, Schubert takes the changing expressive elements of the lyrics such as a galloping horse, steady reassuring tones of the father, sweet enticements of the Elf King, increasingly frantic cries of the boy, and provides each with characteristic music.

Like Pyotr Tchaikovsky, composer ____________ was financially supported by the wealthy widow Nadezhda von Meck, allowing him to tour Italy, Russia, and Vienna.

In the 1930s, _________ were mid-to large-size ensembles that played swing.