What is a palimpsest and how does the term apply to India’s culture and its music?

What will be an ideal response?


• A palimpsest is a "manuscript parchment written on again and again in which everything written before is never fully erased. Everything written before is somehow still there, visible and readable . . ." Similarly in Indian culture old traditions persist and coexist with the new and innovative . . . "Everywhere jarring juxtapositions confront the visitor. . . . A traditional classical musical performance takes place around the corner from . . . the latest American rap."

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A. sculpture B. engraving C. oil painting D. ink painting

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In which tragic form do the characters tend to be regular men and women?

A. traditional tragedy B. modern tragedy C. both traditional and modern tragedy D. neither traditional nor modern tragedy

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In what genre is "Widmung" ("Dedication")?

A. Lied B. Tone poem C. Idée fixe D. Symphonic poem

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