What distinction do powwow musicians and dances make between “straight” or “traditional” or “aboriginal” songs and “word” or “contemporary” songs?

What will be an ideal response?


• "Straight songs are those that feature only vocables, while word songs have lyrics that often mix vocables with texts in an indigenous language."
• "Straight Up" is a "straight song."

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Identify the incorrect statement regarding the London Symphonies?

a. composed by Haydn b. a series a twelve symphonies c. due to a shady legal contract, the composer never earned a penny for these masterpieces d. first performed in the Hanover Square Rooms, a new public concert hall that offered performances for a middle-class audience e. the composer conducted the premiere performances in London

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Polynesian fertility figures were used throughout society, regardless of rank or power.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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What are some general ways in which non-Western drama may differ from Western?

What will be an ideal response?

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The Peace of Lodi, signed in 1454,

A. ended the Hundred Years' War between England and France. B. brought on several decades of peace in the Italian peninsula. C. resulted in the expulsion of the French from Italy. D. made the papacy the most powerful state in Italy.

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