Name and briefly describe the sub-categories of Folk Song described in Worlds of Music

What will be an ideal response?


• Marriage lament tradition – brides using music to lament leaving their original home to go to live with another family through an arranged marriage.
• Outdoor songs (shang ‘ge) for agricultural work, flirting, and courting

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a. ahu b. moai c. hei-tiki d. tapu

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Which of the following ancient Egyptian leaders ruled circa 3000 BCE and is credited with unifying both Upper and Lower Egypt?

A. Djoser B. Khafre C. Khufu D. Narmer

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Artists associated with which movement most stressed that viewers should see their paintings as objects, not pictures?

Pop Art Minimalism Color-Field Painting Abstract Expressionism

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Describe the role of music in medieval liturgical drama, religious ceremony, and secular life

What will be an ideal response?

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