Which composition is notable for its percussive orchestra, irregular accents,

polymeter, polyrhythm, ostinato figures, and dissonant polychords?



a. Debussy, Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
b. Schoenberg, Pierrot lunaire
c. Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine
d. Copland, Appalachian Spring
e. Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring


E

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