Briefly describe the palace at Ctesiphon.
What will be an ideal response?
The central feature is a great iwan or monumental audience hall covered by a barrel vault; the façade is divided into a series of horizontal bands of blind arcades that are expressly decorative.
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The alternate support system is first found in the architecture of which period?
a. Merovingian b. Early Christian c. Carolingian d. Ottonian
The trumpet solo on this selection can be described as
a. Mostly using long sustained tones b. Buoyant and effortless, using long strings of virtuosic melodies c. Chugging along using a short bluesy phrases d. Using the extreme high range of the instrument
What western composer was deeply influenced by Ewe drumming from Ghana?
A. John Williams B. Philip Glass C. George Harrison D. Steve Reich
Which musical style appeared naïve and outdated after the conclusion of the Second World War?
a. nationalism b. twelve-tone c. neoclassicism d. atonality