Classical Music: Early Abolitionist Art and Literature, history homework help

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“Classical Music; Early Abolitionist Art and Literature” Please respond to one (1) of the following, using sources under the Explore heading as the basis of your response:

  •  Listen to one (1) composition (for a symphony) by Haydn or Mozart,
    either at the Websites below or in this week’s Music Folder. Identify
    the work that you have chosen, and describe the way in which the
    composition expresses the specific qualities of the Classical music
    style. Use the key terms from the textbook that are related to that
    particular music style, and explain what you like or admire about the
    work. Compare it to a specific modern musical work for which you might
    use the term “classic” or “classical”.
  • Explain whether you think an autobiographical or fictional account
    by a slave (such as Phillis Wheatley and Olaudah Equiano) is more
    persuasive than a biographical or fictional account by a white author
    (such as John Gabriel Stedman or Aphra Behn). Explain whether you
    believe the representations of slavery in the visual arts (such as
    William Blake’s illustrations, William Hackwood’s cameo, or John
    Singleton Copley’s painting) were more compelling and convincing of the
    injustices of slavery than the literary representations already
    mentioned. In your explanations, use specific examples and consider both
    audience and the content and nature of the work. Identify the literary
    or art form in modern times that you think is most effective at
    depicting injustice.

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