Alan Freed is best remembered as the person who did what?
A. Led the first successful rock group
B. Popularized the term rock and roll
C. Became the first successful rock singing star
D. Criticized rock as decadent and immoral
Answer: B
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a. Pot Lickers b. Ragtime Tickers c. City Slickers d. Cotton Pickers
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a. Florence; Catholic Counter-Reformation b. Rome; Reformation c. Madrid; papacy d. Flanders; rise of the middle class e. Paris; French Revolution
Composers express nationalism in music by
A) using patriotic tunes. B) all these answers C) basing texts of vocal music on national heroes. D) incorporating native music.