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Identify some features from Debussy's Claire de Lune that are associated with the Romantic era.

Use of dissonant and crushed harmonies.Varied rhythm and rubato.No clear melody line.
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In the Baroque era, what instrument most commonly played the basso continuo?

Harpsichord Tip when doing oral exams to identify the period of the music listen out for the harpsichord as this will mean it is almost certainly from the baroque period.
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Evaluate how effectively Vaughn Williams sets text to music on Linden Lea?

In bar 7 Vaughn Williams uses a rising phrase to reflect the text 'shining'. This could be to reflect how the sun rises as it shines in the same way the musical phrase does. This is followed by the phrase 't...
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Describe how to identify a Classical symphony and elaborate on a key musical form of the period.

The typical classical symphony can be identified through its use of standard forms and relatively simple methods of construction compared to later Romantic music. Broadly speaking, a typical classical sympho...
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Discuss how changing perceptions of early music (mediaeval to Baroque) has informed the evolution of present-day performance and reception

Recording and broadcasting technological progress during the twentieth century has allowed many more people to hear differing performances of all kinds of music, amongst them 'early music'. Though such music...
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