Taruskin and Gibbs say that Bach’s Passions are almost like Biblical operas. What operatic elements/tendencies do you see on the level of (a) individual numbers and (b) how the piece unfolds from number to number?

Ways the development of the international gothic style moved western art forward toward the renaissance

Quarter note + quarter note + eighth note + sixteenth note + sixteenth note=

Suppose that you are in a room with 3 doors and a crack in the ceiling for light. that is all. the doors each have a sign on them that says what there is behind them. door #1. a pool of corrosive acid. door #2. a crocodile that hasn't eaten in 8 months. door #3. a solar "oven". a giant lens that focuses all the sunlight at the entrance of the door. you must choose a door, which door do you choose?