What impact did European colonialism of the 18th and 19th centuries, extending well into the twentieth century have on Arab music?

What will be an ideal response?


• ". . . tradition was left on its own, to wax and wane according to circumstance."
• Europeans studied and documented Arab musical practices (e.g., Napoleon Bonaparte sent a team of researchers to Egypt, among them M. Villoteau who included plates of musical instruments and an account of musical life there in his Description de L'Egypt [1823].)

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In the 1940s, John Cage devised an economical means of expanding the range of a piano's sound by inventing the ________ piano.

A. repaired B. compared C. impaired D. prepared

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The art of the Middle Ages, such as Adam and Eve Reproached by the Lord in Hildesheim, Germany, appears to be almost obsessed with the ideas of

a. nirvana b. Adam and Eve c. death and sin d. karma e. the Annunciation

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The word ____________________ is often used to describe the collaborative nature of theatre-making

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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