Write a brief essay outlining the mid-nineteenth-century debate over nationality between the "nativist" view and that of the expatriates
What will be an ideal response?
"nativist" view:
that there should evolve a distinctively American music, developing a life of its own not in the shadow of European tradition, together with an audience to appreciate and support such music
an idealistic desire to express the national, the specific
the belief that music should express this place and this time
expatriates' view (or the critics' view):
a reverential attitude toward European masters (mainly Germanic)
an idealistic dedication to the cosmopolitan, the universal
the belief that music should transcend place and time
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a. an especially beautiful melody b. a melodic idea that plays a central role in a musical work c. a melody that is sung with accompaniment d. a melody that is sung without accompaniment e. a melody, vocal or instrumental, that begins a musical work
At the funerary temple of Hatshepsut, the chapels dedicated to Hatshepsut, Tutmose I, and the gods Amun and Ra-Horakhty were located in the __________.
A. hypostyle hall B. colonnade C. mastaba D. clerestory
Employment opportunities are available for more theatre artists than anywhere else in __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which song was written as a retort to Neil Young's "Alabama" and "Southern Man?"
A. "The South's Gonna Do It Again" B. "Sweet Home Alabama" C. "Alabama's Gonna Git Ya" D. "Ramblin' Man"