Why is the answer to another apparently straightforward question—“What music is African?”—also not so simple and clear-cut?
What will be an ideal response?
• The answer must go beyond merely considering music from the African continent, and music performed by people descended from Africans living in other parts of the world, the African diaspora—["the breaking up and scattering of a people" -Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition, p. 320].
• "[M]usic-cultures are always changing and being shaped by many outside influences." Music-cultures interact and influence each other, especially with the almost instantaneous global dissemination of music through electronic media.
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What important practice in modern notation traces back to the time of Franco of Cologne and his treatise?
What will be an ideal response?
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A. Leyste B. Gentileschi C. Rembrandt D. Caravaggio
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A) ?nduen fobara B) marriage? C) Poro? D) ?a king's coronation
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a. The story echoes similar accounts in other ancient texts. b. The story is adapted directly from the Epic of Gilgamesh. c. The story reflects an actual event. d. The story prophesies a future occurrence.