Select all the ways in which public interest in writing and performing music increased in the romantic era.Multiple select question.The public bought transcriptions of operas and orchestral works to study and perform.Middle-class families began to keep pianos in their homes.Young composers and performers began to attend music conservatories.Most parents encouraged their children to pursue music as a career.

Select all the common motivations that romantic composers had for writing music.Multiple select question.To fulfill the requests of aristocratic patronsTo leave a musical legacyTo keep their job in a royal courtTo sell works to performing societies

What features of the romantic era led to the rise of the "free artist"?Multiple choice question.The invention of electric amplifiers that allowed musicians to perform anywhereAn increase in the number of wealthy patrons willing to support composersA "performance pipeline" that allowed composers to have their new works performed as soon as they were readyThe decline of private opera houses, orchestras, and other aristocratic support systems

Only in recent decades did scholars begin to explore the richness of urban musical life. True False

What did composers of the romantic era emphasize in their music?Multiple choice question.Their disdain for political divisionsTheir religious convictionsTheir own individual personalityA dystopian vision of the future

Instrumental music during the Renaissance was used primarily for what purpose?Multiple choice question.Parades and festivitiesAfter-dinner entertainmentDancingReligious services