Johannes Brahm's "Academic Festival Overture" was

A. a boisterous mixture of student drinking songs set in an intricate orchestral structure.

B. a U.S. historical song that featured Native American and Pilgrim themes.

C. a children's educational song.

Johannes Brahms, who was not fond of protocol, probably wrote his " Academic Festival Overture " with a humorous twist because

A. he wanted to be remembered as a happy man.

B. he felt pressured to write it as a token of thanks for an honorary degree.

C. he was trying to cheer himself up .