Define “material culture.” Give two examples of the material culture of music

What will be an ideal response?


• "Material culture refers to the material objects that people in a culture produce—objects that can be seen, held, felt and used."
• Examples of the material culture of music include musical instruments (or historical pictures of them), sheet music, instruction books, and more recently, devices that electronically disseminate music (phonographs, television, CDs, computers, and so on).

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As an interpreter of a dramatic text, what is the director's process?

What will be an ideal response?

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The invention of the ________ made it possible for Dürer to disseminate the works of the Italian masters throughout northern Europe

a. trains b. mail system c. printing press d. roads e. shipping

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The accompaniment and textual imagery of this listening example suggest which of the following genres?

A. field holler B. folk spiritual C. concert spiritual D. blues

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Which of the following does NOT provide accessibility to theatre for today's audience?

a. blocking b. captioning c. translation into sign language d. audio description

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