Which of the following was not an aspect of the "jungle sound" of Ellington's band at the Cotton Club?

a. a growling style of playing on the brass instruments
b. the use of tom-toms, gongs, and other exotic types of percussion
c. a tendency toward pieces in minor keys
d. the use of authentic African polyrhythms


d

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A) ?Thomas Morley B) ?John Dowland C) ?William Byrd D) ?John Dunstable

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This king, the first of the Stuarts, did not rule when Much Ado was performed, but had taken

the throne by the time Shakespeare wrote Macbeth.

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