This song and the larger work from which it is taken started life as a(n)?
a) Broadway musical
b) Harlem nightclub revue
c) Off-Broadway
d) hit song in a Hollywood film
b
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Women making communal music at a wedding in Morocco accompany themselves on a?
a. ?frame drum called a bendir. b. ?huge tambourine called a mazhar. c. ?brass tray and tin can. d. ?one- or two-stringed fiddle called a rebab.
The musical form
A. is cyclic A B C A D E A. B. is ternary A B A. C. contains a series of similar sounding sections. D. contains contrasting, episodic sections.
The Count Basie Orchestra gained national recognition partly because it
a. could swing harder than other bands, with equal measures of drive and relaxation b. played in a club that had important patrons and weekly radio broadcasts c. could outdo all of the other local bands in cutting contests d. stayed together for such a long time
Which instruments play the opening head melody in "Ornithology"?
a) trombone and guitar b) piano and clarinet c) trumpet and saxophones d) saxophone and bass