Summarize European music in general
What will be an ideal response?
• relatively simple symmetrical structures and overall form
• tends to rhythmically organize music into even pulses in repeating groups of two or three beats
• tends towards melodic pairs and music is mostly based on a major or minor scale and their related harmonies
• harmony and harmonic rhythm is a unique feature of European music
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a. a large rectangular audience hall b. exterior fortifications for a palace c. a small inner room d. a large open courtyard
He wrote Oedipus the King and Antigone
a. Aristotle b. Aeschylus c. Aristophanes d. Euripedes e. Sophocles
In Vienna, serious musical culture existed primarily in the:
A) university B) private homes and palaces of the aristocracy C) a vibrant public concert series D) the church
Through its first several editions, one leading music history textbook cited over 450 composers, and none were women
Indicate whether the statement is true or false