According to the author, which two events marked the beginning and end of the swing era?
a. the beginning of World War I and the end of World War II
b. the dawn of radio and the rise of musical performances in film
c. Fletcher Henderson's first band and Ellington's death
d. Goodman's show at the Palomar and the death of Glenn Miller
D
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This composer was born in Bonn, Germany, but eventually moved to Vienna, where he began earning a living as a
concert pianist. It was not unusual for audiences to be so moved by the expressive style of his playing that many listeners broke down with loud sobbing.
a. Beethoven b. Chopin c. Haydn d. Mozart e. Robert Schumann
While doing research on the history of the Catholic Church, you learn that they revived the theatre in the medieval period. Because of the deeply religious and class based society of the time, you feel this is most likely because:
A. Theatre was free and the church used it to draw in people. B. The moving sets allowed the theatre to be performed anywhere in the towns. C. The theatre's ability to teach was a good tool for the Church to teach morals or spread the word of the Church. D. None of these choices.
Nam June Paik initiated the ________ genre with performance pieces and electronic installations. More ambitious in size and conception, however, are the artist's multi-screen television installations. Megatron (1995), for instance, consists of 215 monitors
A. digital art B. computer art C. viewer art D. video art
The text setting for "Behold, Spring" is
a. syllabic. b. always melismatic, with considerable polyphonic elaboration. c. trochaic. d. largely syllabic, with occasional melismas.