What is skiffle?
a) mixture of American folk music and blues, played on cheap instruments
b) Another name for English dance hall music
c) British attempt to “manufacture” rock stars
d) The original name of The Who
A
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An important theme from ethnomusicology is ____________________
A. European musical practices are all very similar. B. Study musical purity, ignore outside influences. C. Religion and politics don’t influence music-cultures. D. Music expresses and realizes the identity of a people.
Why did fusion garner the most attention during the 1970s even while more traditional forms of jazz
were still being prominently performed?
a. Older musicians were inspired by the speed of the younger ones b. Younger players were attracted to it and it caused the most controversy among the media and jazz fans c. Record labels preferred fusion because it was easier to record d. Wynton Marsalis championed it aggressively
Petrarch's Canzoniere (Songbook) contains 366 poems: sonnets, ballads, sestinas, madrigals, and canzoni
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Review features of Romanesque sculpture found in Chapter 10. Romanesque sculpture is stiff and formal and is more tightly fused to the structure like the portal or tympanum. Compare this style with Gothic sculpture, which portrays greater realism and emotion in the figures.
What will be an ideal response?