The type of text setting that uses a small number of notes per syllable is called
a. syllabic.
b.melismatic.
c.neumatic.
d.chromatic.
c
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a. True b. False
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A. an admiration for medieval thought and art. B. a desire to reinvent the past through painting and music. C. the needs of many artists and thinkers to identify with the new rich classes. D. a yearning to move to an uncertain but exciting future.
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A. they involved a great deal of repetition. B. they featured secular texts. C. they were never notated. D. they were written in through-composed form.
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A. Joshua Redman B. James Carter C. Joe Lovano D. David Sanborn