Stravinsky's Rite of Spring was strongly nationalistic. It was a ballet that evoked rites of ancient Russians through novel instrumental combinations, percussive use of dissonance and polyrhythmic and polytonal writing.

a. true
b. false


a. true

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a. erhu b. tabla c. koto d. sitar e. dulcimer

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a. moon b. earth c. sky d. wind

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How did Ives describe the nature of his "unanswered question"?

a) the question of technical progress in musical composition b) the perennial question of existence c) the nature of God d) the question of enduring social inequality

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Stephen Foster usually wrote his own texts for his songs.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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