Listen to “Postal Workers Cancelling Stamps”–several times if necessary—while you read Koetting’s description of how the postal workers created the sounds. Briefly describe the origins of the different sounds
What will be an ideal response?
• The letter is slapped rhythmically several times as it is brought to the table to be cancelled.
• The marker makes another rhythmic sound as it is inked and then stamped on the letter.
• Another man clicks a pair of scissors.
• Another man whistles the hymn "Bompata" and he can be joined by other workers who also may wish to whistle the tune.
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What is the term used to indicate an instrumentalist or singer with a highly developed technical facility?
a. prima donna b. cadenza c. verismo d. troubadour e. virtuoso
In Wagner’s music, the term __________ is used to describe an undifferentiated
stream of solo singing and declamation.
a. endless melody b. recitative accompagnato c. verismo d. leitmotif e. kalevala
In the __________ process, the artist creates clean-cut lines on a plate of copper, zinc, or steel by forcing a sharp burin across the surface with the heel of the hand
a. etching b. mezzotint c. drypoint d. engraving e. aquatint
The concept of “dialectics” is a form of
a. advanced reasoning. b. egocentrism. c. preoperational thinking. d. language acquisition.