We understand ragtime music better than earlier forms of African American music because
a. it was preserved in written notation and recorded on piano rolls
b. it was described vividly by the scholars who transcribed it
c. it is a simpler style of music than the styles that preceded it
d. it never featured any improvisation
a
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Glenn Miller (and his band):
a. expanded the saxophone section beyond the norm b. joined the US Army Air Corps c. featured the newly-developed electric guitar in most of their music d. broke the color barrier in music
Noh plays
A. feature a chorus that sometimes speaks as the characters. B. emphasize dialogue between the shite and the waki characters. C. are divided into three genres: comedy, tragedy, and miscellaneous. D. take everyday conflicts as their subject matter.
Which of the following statements is not true?
A. The coda of a sonata form movement rounds off the movement by repeating themes or developing them further. B. The development section of a sonata form almost always takes the main thematic material through several different keys. C. A fast movement in sonata form is sometimes preceded by a slow introduction that creates a strong feeling of expectancy. D. The second theme returns in the recapitulation of a sonata form movement in an exact repetition of its statement in the exposition.
Athens' Golden Age flowered shortly after the
A. conquest of Troy. B. Persian Wars. C. Peloponnesian Wars. D. rule of Alexander the Great.