Identify the correct definition of ricercar.
a. A group of short pieces loosely associated by feeling and key.
b. A musical form involving continuous variations upon a basso ostinato.
c. An instrumental piece, usually for lute or keyboard, similar in style to theimitative motet
d. A pair of musical phrases (couplet) usually associated with instrumentalmusic.
c
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Among the most significant of all Roman artistic accomplishments is the Empire's use of the architectural device(s) of:
a. concrete. b. the vault. c. the arch. d. all of these. e. none of these.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. When the cost to manufacture a CD was cut in half, record companies quickly passed this savings along to the consumer in order to gain market share. 2. The CD was eclipsed in the digital millennium by streaming and downloading because the compact disc was an analog format. 3. Because consumers initially paid more for CDs than cassettes, record labels raised artist royalty percentages in the first years of the format’s rise. 4. The rise of P2P file sharing in the 1990s boosted the overall sale of CDs in the United States due to greatly heightened consumer awareness of new artists. 5. Unlike previous physical formats, the CD could be copied only with a perceivable loss to fidelity.
Wiligelmo, who carved horizontal reliefs across the west façade of Modena Cathedral, may have been influenced by Roman ___________
A. equestrian portraits B. triumphal arches C. sarcophagi D. imperial portraiture
Of all the newly opened territories west of the Appalachians in the early nineteenth century, which state was the first to attract settlers and also was the seedbed of revivalism?
A. Kentucky B. Mississippi C. Louisiana D. Texas (primarily in the east)