What is a leitmotive?

a. The use of striking chord shifts, musical repetition, controlled dissonance,and abrupt textural changes to highlight the meaning of the text

b. A musical motive that symbolizes a character of dramatic entity.
c. An operatic passage largely given in recitative and often leading to an aria orduet.
d. A group of musicians that supported the outlook of Wagner and Liszt.


b

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A. conceptual art B. anonymity C. repetition D. political content

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Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project is an example of

site-specific art. the subtractive process. the lost-wax process. high-relief sculpture.

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The feminist approach rests on the assumption that art reflects the attitudes of a culture but has little capacity to influence those attitudes.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of following was another name for "free jazz"?

a) Outside jazz b) Soul jazz c) Riff jazz d) Cool jazz

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