Describe how the major studios approached film scoring in Hollywood’s Golden Era of the 1930s and 1940s.

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All the major studios hired composers on a full-time basis, putting them in staff jobs. Each major
studio had its own staff orchestra of symphonic proportions. The preferred musical style was
neoromantic because many composers were European or European trained. Producers said they wanted
music that sounded like works of classic composers such as Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Debussy.

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a. The use of swing feeling b. Improvised solo by horn players c. The application of syncopation to music that was not originally syncopated d. Musical performances given with no rehearsals

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Briefly describe the post-modern philosophy of music?

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Olembe Alaye’s house post demonstrates the Yoruba peoples’ tradition of __________.

a. bronze casting b. mask painting c. cut-pile embroidery d. wood carving

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If a sound is high in pitch (or "high pitched") it has a high frequency (measured in Hertz).

a. true b. false

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