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Influenza pandemics are likely to be more catastrophic than other anticipated public health problems because they:  SELECT ALL THAT APPLY 1.  Last longer than other emergency events. 2.  Specifically target the urban demographic population. 3.  Often occur in “waves”. 4.  Discourage people from getting the annual flu vaccine. 5.  Increase the need for medical equipment and reduce the available supply.

The client with a laryngectomy does not want his family to see him.   He indicates that he thinks the opening in his throat is disgusting.  What would the nurse’s best intervention be?                   

In Baroque operas and cantatas, this emotion is associated with a descending bass line  particularly when the composition was in a minor key.

This singing style provides the audience with character development. it expresses feeling or emotion rather than narrating the drama’s action. All or part of the orchestra, including the basso continuo, accompanies the singer.

An advocate for what has come to be called “chance music,” this composer felt it was unnecessary for music to develop, climax, or be goal-oriented.  One composition consisted of amplifying and broadcasting the sounds resulting from chopping vegetables, grinding them up, and drinking the juice

This Venetian, who was not only a skilled violinist but also an ordained priest (known as “The Red Priest” even though he wears a wig in his portrait), was the most influential composer in the creation of the Baroque concerto.

Which genre is a polyphonic composition for choir or larger chorus that sets a religious, sacred, or solemn text and is often sung a cappella? 

This term describes when a performer momentarily alters the tempo to enhance the expressive quality of the music.

To maximize (and sometimes minimize) the Romantic sound, composers prescribed an extravagant range of __________.  These extremes are typical of the Romantic period, an era that indulged in wild mood swings and excesses of many kinds.

This work typifies the fascination Romantic composers had with supernatural and macabre or dark subjects.