What sounds Eastern (Indian) in the example? In your answer include lyrics that link the song to Indian culture. (Examples may vary.)
What will be an ideal response?
• language of lyrics (Tamil); "a love marriage," which is more common in Indian movies than in real Indian life; "Kama, the god of love"; "prayed to the god of Tirupati"; "take up sanyasin (the life of a recluse)"
• nasal vocal timbre (female voice has an especially unusual timbre)
• 0:20, 0:22, 0:50, and 0:52—incongruous "whistle sound"
• sudden insertion of Woody Woodpecker theme
• "anything goes approach" to instrumentation (timbre)—flute, clarinet, "retro" guitar
• 1:15-1:41 and 2:13-2:35—unique percussion instruments playing heavy rhythmic accompaniments
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a. Joyce, Ulysses, and Eliot, The Waste Land b. Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, and Riefenstahl, Triumph of the Will c. Magritte, The Key of Dreams, and Miró, Birth of the World d. Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, and Copland, Appalachian Spring
The fact that theatre is usually a live production of a previously written play makes it particularly effective as a means for
a. propaganda. b. social protest. c. exploring life in other times. d. coercion.
What is the difference between a musical and a vaudeville or minstrel show?
What will be an ideal response?
When did jingjudevelop?
a) 17th century b) 18th century c) 19th century d) 20th century