Which composition is notable for its percussive orchestra, irregular accents, polymeter, polyrhythm, ostinato figures,

and dissonant polychords?



a. Debussy, Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
b. Schoenberg, Pierrot lunaire
c. Barber, Adagio for Strings
d. Copland, Appalachian Spring
e. Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring


ANSWER: e

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