How is “tradition” understood?
What will be an ideal response?
• " . . . as a social process whereby social groups selectively preserve elements of their past in order to serve contemporary circumstances." (Worlds of Music citing Handler and Linnekin 1984.)
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Which of the following is an example of the eclecticism that characterizes postmodernist architecture?
A. Guggenheim Museum, New York B. Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp C. Portland Building, Portland D. Seagram Building, New York
What is the source material for Thomas Ruff's work, Substratum 12 III?
A. Digital photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope B. Abstract patterns in textile weavings C. Japanese manga D. Muybridge's series of animal movements
Which instrumentsare heard in Chuck Berry's "School Day"?
a) electric guitar, piano, and bass b) growling saxophone and drums c) jazz flute and bass d) piano, bass, and fiddle
Cage's Sonata II uses
a. modernist serial techniques. b. a surprisingly old-fashioned periodic phrase structure. c. an ensemble of four performers to articulate its complex cross-rhythms. d. both B and C.