Born in Brooklyn, this composer wrote music about cowboys, the common man, and rural life in Appalachia. He was also determined to make his music sound "American" and to appeal to a wide variety of audiences
A) Aaron Copland B) Philip Glass C) Charles Ives D) Walter Piston
A
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Fan vaulting was most common in which of the following?
a. 13th-century Germany b. Early Gothic France c. High Gothic France d. Late Gothic England
Transitional sections of a fugue that offer either new material or fragments of the subject or countersubject are called ________.
A. preludes B. answers C. strettos D. episodes
France's revolutionary leaders favored neoclassicism because
A. they liked its elaborately decorated architectural styles for the home. B. they admired its association with the Middle Ages. C. they thought the style morally uplifting. D. it reminded them of France's past glory under Louis XIV.
Unlike most Renaissance choral music, Venetian choral music of the late sixteenth century often ________.
A. contained parts written exclusively for instruments B. was predominantly in triple meter C. was scored for four to six voices D. used both male and female voices