Name three features a composer could use to make his music sound "American".
What will be an ideal response?
Convey a sense of wide open spaces; reflect the vernacular elements of jazz or popular music; relate religious, folk, or patriotic songs
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Which Iron Age sea-faring people created a non-pictographic alphabet?
a. Phoenicians b. Persians c. Chaldeans d. Assyrians
Bass patterns in Cuban music, called ________, frequently accent just before the beat,
creating a distinctive syncopation.
a. marimbula b. son c. mbira d. tumbao
Which statement best applies to this composition?
a) a strong sense of creative improvisation b) a strong sense that the purely written score is all important c) Impressionism d) the physical frenzy of the ballroom
Clara Peeters was one of the first still life artists to combine ____________ in a single painting
A. still life subjects and tapestries B. flowers and food C. figures and still life elements D. insects and utensils