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Why was choral music vital before and after the
French Revolution?
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Mobilized emotions
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What was the main composition of the music works?
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Chorus with large groups of singers and sometimes with orchestra
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How was music era able to aid the cause?
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Caused massive gatherings, and shaped the mood and tone of such events
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What was the popular opera based on King Louis XVI and Mary Antoinette?
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Lodoiska
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Who wrote Lodoiska?
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Luigi Cherubin
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What did Lodoiska set the standards for?
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Set the model for "rescue opera" and influenced Beethoven's Fidelo
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What became the French national anthem in 1795 and the song of the people?
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La Marseillaise
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What voted to abolish the monarchy and declared a new Republic of France?
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The National Assembly
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What was the Committee of Public Safety?
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An executive committee of nine (and later twelve) members who would act as an execuive branch of government
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Who controlled the Committee of Public Safety and architected its Reign of Terror?
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Maximilien de Robespierre, a Jacobin radical
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What could citizens do during the Reign of Terror?
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Denounce one another, causing thousands of executions
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Who declared Robespierre and outlaw after he went too far?
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National Convention
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What marked the end of the Reing of Terror?
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The 9th of Thermidor
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Who was the same French Army Officer who wrote "La Marseillaise" and was released from the prison as a result of Robespierre's fall?
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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
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What did Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle write right after being released from prison?
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"Chant du Neauf Thermidor"
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