Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue is
a. no longer heard in performance because nobody can play it like Gershwin.
b.a tone color poem with focus on blues tones.
c.a successful mixture of the jazz idiom and concert music for piano and orchestra.
d.considered one of the most colorful opera productions ever written.
c
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a. 1100?1450 b. 1450?1600 c. 1600?1750 d. 1750?1820 e. 1820?1900
As director of church music at the St. Thomas Church, what was Bach's most demanding duty?
A) to play the organ at weddings and funerals B) to teach music and other subjects to the boys of the choir school C) to superintend the music of the four principal churches of the city D) to compose, year in and year out, new music for Sundays and religious holidays
Ternary form refers to a work written in how many sections?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 13.
What Mississippi country blues singer and guitarist only recorded 29 songs, but is considered one of the most important blues musicians of all time?
A. B.B. King B. Muddy Waters C. Robert Johnson D. Bessie Smith