For The Thousand and One Nights: In what way does the genie mirror the king in both action and attitude?
What will be an ideal response?
In The Thousand and One Nights, the genie of the stories reflects the actions of the powerful king, who is threatening but ultimately outwitted by Scheherazade in the frame story. Like Scheherazade, who distracts the king, the fisherman outwits the powerful genie, as when the fisherman entraps the genie in Reading 9.6.
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Identify the statement that best describes the listening example
a. four-voice homophonic texture b. two-voice imitative polyphony c. four-voice free polyphony d. monophonic texture e. four-voice sforzando texture
During the Renaissance, secular music...
A. was used for dances and pageants. B. was played after meals. C. became part of the education of the upper class. D. all of the above
The expression of ________, as heard in John Dowland's Flow My Tears, was a prominent feature of English literature and music in the time of William Shakespeare.
A. rebellion B. patriotism C. melancholy D. bliss
How do composers express nationalism in music? Support at least two of your statements with examples from
compositions discussed in class.
What will be an ideal response?