In their pursuit of innovation, Modernist composers __________
a) wrote works without a tonal center or clear sense of meter
b) always rejected the past
c) avoided incorporating sounds from the music of non-Western cultures
d) generally shunned electronically generated sounds
a
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Debussy's ____ is in ternary form, uses ostinato and repetition to dispel rhythmic momentum, and avoids functional harmonic progressions
A) "Reflets dan l'eau" B) "En sourdine" C) "Nuages" D) Images
What typically happened in a "battle of the bands"?
a. bandleaders competed for the rights to perform the most popular songs of the day b. bandleaders sought to lure the best players away from other bands to their own c. two bands would fight over booking at the top venue in town d. two bands would share a booking and spend the night trying to outplay each other
Development of the hiragana script was significant because __________.
A. it allowed Japanese words to be spelled out phonetically, leading to new poetry forms B. it replaced Japanese with Chinese symbols, the official language of the court C. it was reserved for use by women only and created new types of literary competitions D. it was used for university curriculum and court documents
Education and literacy became more widespread during the Renaissance, partly due to the invention of the printing press.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)