What is believed to be the origins of classical Indian music and the performing arts?

What will be an ideal response?



  • India's classical music is said to originate in the priest's chanting of the Vedas and the performing arts are believed to be a gift of the gods.

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Which musical form consists of two complementary parts, the first moving to a closely related key and the send returning the music to the tonic?

a. binary b. concerto grosso c. basso ostinato d. ritornello

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How do the mammoth-bone dwellings in Russia and Ukraine fit the definition of architecture?

A. The planned structures are not just utilitarian. B. The structures have sleeping areas and hearths for cooking. C. The homes are found on the treeless grasslands. D. The homes are naturally occurring shelters.

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What was featured on Ashoka's monolithic columns?

A) The descendants of the king? B) ?A legal code based on Buddha's law C) ?The deities D) ?Wild animals

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In "Revenge," how does Strozzi differentiate the A section from the B section?

a) She adds a second singer in the B section. b) She has the basso continuo drop out from the B section. c) She adds more instruments to the B section. d) She changes the melody and meter in the B section.

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