Describe elements of The Beatles' song "I Want to Hold Your Hand."
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Tempo: 132 beats per minute, 4 beats per bar; Form: 8-bar sections, with 4-bar refrains, some extensions; Features: Downbeat not clear until vocals begin, Even beat subdivisions, Backbeat in drums, Instrumentation, electric lead and rhythm guitars, electric bass guitar, and drums, No instrumental solos, Hand-clapped pattern creates polyrhythmic effect; Lyrics: Hand holding demonstrates a deeper connection with beloved; Charts: Pop, #1 for seven weeks, British hits, #1 for five weeks.
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a. ?used for a unaccompanied chorus of female voices. b. ?a partial reference to the court entertainment ensembles of antiquity. c. ?a name for a local Singaporean folk music style that went viral in the early 2000s. d. ?used for a genre of percussion and chant performed by Buddhist nuns in Taiwan.
What did Dürer see on his trip to Italy in 1494 that is clearly reflected in his Self-Portrait of 1500 (Fig. 22-1)?
A. Leonardo's Mona Lisa B. a conception of artists as noble intellectuals C. Roman copies of ancient Greek sculpture D. the art collection of the Medici family
Pablo Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror explores the traditional theme of:
A. still life. B. portraiture. C. hierarchical scale. D. vanitas. E. the golden section.
What were the principal subjects and themes of nineteenth-century Realists? Were these shared by both writers and visual artists? How did these subjects and themes differ from those favored by the Impressionists and Postimpressionists?
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