Identify and describe some of the Beach Boys' influences.

What will be an ideal response?


Main writer and producer, Brian Wilson (born in 1942); Group vocals influenced by Jazz group the Four Freshmen; Guitarist, Carl Wilson (1946-1996), influenced by Chuck Berry; Productions on Pet Sounds (1966) influenced by Phil Spector's Wall of Sound.

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Which of the following does not describe how the "Chicagoans" received their musical training?

a. watching black musicians from New Orleans play in nightclubs b. figuring out their parts by ear by listening to recordings c. listening to sweet bands made up of white musicians d. studying overseas in European conservatories

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A piece to be played or sounded upon instruments rather than sung was called a

A. sonata. B. toccata. C. concertato. D. cantata.

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François Boucher's The Toilet of Venus most clearly illustrates what idea or topic?

a. the legitimacy of absolute royal power b. tensions among the social classes of Europe c. a loving reconciliation of husband and wife d. the luxurious self-indulgence of the rococo style

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_____ was the leading master of the International Gothic style in Quattrocento Italy

A) ?Donatello B) ?Andrea Mantegna C) ?Gentile da Fabriano D) ?Filippo Brunelleschi

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