Describe some of the musical features of the music. (Answers may vary.)
What will be an ideal response?
• Women respond to the initial high-pitched poetic cries of a woman, followed by a drum.
• A male voice sings in free rhythm on vocables (meaningless syllables); another overlapping voice is heard toward the end of this melody
• Solo introduction by the mijwiza, a single-reed, double-piped clarinet, typical of the Levant, is followed by the nay (reed flute), buzuq (long-necked lute), and qanun (zither) playing in call and response texture (solo answered by group).
• "The song proper begins with a man singing the beginning of each line of poetry and a group of women completing each line."
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to 2/3 of all households within
a. 2 years b. 5 years c. 10 years d. 15 years
Who is the artistic director of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra?
a. Wynton Marsalis b. David Baker c. Jon Faddis d. Abbey Lincoln
Which of the following statements best describes the theme of many of Francisco Goya's artworks, including Third of May?
A. Humanity is rational and good. B. Civic sacrifice and patriotism are important values. C. Humanity is violent, greedy, and foolish. D. Nature evokes the transcendent power of God.
Matching
A. strophic form B. imitative polyphony C. through-composed D. word painting