As a British colony, what important changes took place in India, including music?

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• The English colonists brought railways, communications, bureaucracy, universities, and European musical instruments (e.g., violin, clarinet, and harmonium [a small reed organ]). While Indians adapted these European musical instruments to their musical styles, they did not adopt European musical styles.

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Music was relatively unimportant in the Romantic age

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Due to the fact that __________, pen and ink drawings like Picasso's Three Female Nudes Dancing (fig. 4.1) are difficult to execute

A. the point of the pen may catch in the paper and splatter ink B. it is difficult to control the pen C. the width of the lines the pen produces are unpredictable D. there is no variation to the pen points, so the lines are all the same

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The __________ nightclub in Paris was the setting for a number of works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A. Moulin Rouge B. La Goulue C. Folies-Bergère D. CBGB E. none of the above

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