This French composer, who studied and then taught at the Paris Conservatory and became one of the major composers of twentieth-century organ music, was one of the first major post-WWII composers to seek alternatives to the familiar patterns of lines and chords

A) Edgard Varèse
B) Pierre Boulez
C) Oliver Messiaen
D) Francis Poulenc


C

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A. calculus B. fractal geometry C. a graphing device D. all of the above

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This selection features?

a) lots of repetition of a rather restricted number of underlying harmonies b) moderately quick changes of harmony c) rapid changes of harmonic rhythm d) highly-charged, chromatic harmonies

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Who wrote the music for the film The Plow That Broke the Plains and later arranged it into a suite for orchestra?

A. Aaron Copland B. George Gershwin C. Leonard Bernstein D. Virgil Thomson

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Which early African culture built monumental stone towers?

A. Great Zimbabwe B. Ethiopia C. Ghana D. Cameroon

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