Stock arrangements were used in many big bands because
a. it made it possible for musicians who didn't read music to play in the band
b. it allowed them to keep up with the latest hit songs
c. they were generally better than the ones their own arrangers could create
d. the members of the band preferred them to other kinds of arrangements
b
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a. use of contemporary people in historical scenes. b. use of political symbolism in landscape scenes. c. wild, energetic brushstrokes. d. depiction of commoners on a grand scale.
How did fourteenth-century Humanists view the "middle" ages?
a. as artistically advanced and creative b. as surpassing the achievements of the ancients c. as intellectually and culturally stagnate d. as spiritually unfocused
What Michelangelo work do some believe to be among the earliest examples of Mannerism?
a. the Sistine Chapel ceiling b. Moses on Pope Julius II’s tomb c. the Laurentian Library staircase d. Last Judgment
Josquin's music makes the meaning of a text
a. less obvious. b. more vivid and memorable. c. difficult to understand. d. battle the movement of the melodic line.