Survey of Western Music Final Exam Questions
Course Introduction
This course provides an overview of Western music from the Middle Ages to the present, emphasizing the development of musical styles, forms, and genres. Students will explore major works and influential composers, while examining the historical and cultural contexts that shaped the music. Through listening assignments, readings, and class discussions, participants will gain foundational knowledge of music history, terminology, and the evolution of Western musical traditions. No previous musical training is required, making this an ideal introduction for students of all backgrounds.
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Americas Musical Landscape 5th Edition by Jean Ferris
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Chapter 1: North American Indian Music
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Q1) Native American music has been passed from one generation to the next by
A) oral tradition
B) written stories
C) written music notation
D) paintings
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following is traditionally not a performance setting for Native American music?
A) healing ceremony
B) prayer ceremony
C) concert
D) work area
Answer: C
Q3) Vocables are meaningless syllables.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Folk Music
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Q1) Which of the following elements of music remains steady to facilitate work such as hammering?
A) melody
B) rhythm
C) form
D) harmony
Answer: B
Q2) Which best describes a ballad?
A) an unaccompanied British song
B) an informal dance
C) a story told in song
D) a song performed on plantations
Answer: C
Q3) Which genre evolved out of the work farms and cotton fields of the post-Civil War South?
A) blues
B) lullaby
C) chantey
D) alabado
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Religious Music in Colonial Revolutionary and Federal Periods
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Q1) Along with religious music,Moravians also wrote secular music in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Mennonites apparently have preserved their hymns via the oral tradition.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Psalm tunes were created for church settings but were also performed at social gatherings.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The first book printed in the United States was the A) Bible
B) Bay Psalm Book
C) Sternhold and Hopkins Psalter
D) Anne Bradstreet anthology
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Secular Music in Colonial Revolutionary and Federal Periods
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Q1) Concert music by contemporary European composers such as Mozart and Haydn was widely appreciated by most American audiences in the 1700s.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Music societies were normally located in rural areas.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Why did European musicians during the Colonial and Revolutionary periods dominate the American music scene in terms of composing and teaching?
Q4) Which of the following can be considered a variation of rondo form?
A) AAB
B) ABACA
C) ABB
D) AABB
Q5) Which of the following statesmen was known for writing art songs?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Benjamin Franklin
C) Francis Hopkinson
D) George Washington
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Chapter 5: Religious Music in the Early Nineteenth Century
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Q1) The Great Revival featured musical events as well as prayer.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Nineteenth century American social reform paralleled nineteenth century European Romanticism in terms of focus on the individual.
A)True
B)False
Q3) White spirituals were usually more rhythmically vibrant than African-American spirituals.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Considering American music today,what was the musical impact of the conversion of many African slaves to Christianity?
Q5) Which is true regarding spirituals?
A) they involved a great deal of repetition
B) they were written in through-composed form
C) they were never notated
D) they featured secular texts
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Chapter 6: Popular Music of the Civil War Era
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Q1) Francis Scott Key was commissioned to write the "Star Spangled Banner" by Abraham Lincoln.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Minstrel shows originated in England.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Glees were songs in four-part harmony that were generally
A) humorous
B) religious
C) patriotic
D) mournful
Q4) African-Americans never participated in minstrel shows.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Patriotic songs frequently served political aims.
A)True
B)False
Q6) How did nineteenth century immigration impact music in America both immediately and long-term?
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Chapter 7: Early Concert Music
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Q1) Which of the following musicians spent eleven years abroad studying music in France?
A) Ole Bull
B) Louis Moreau Gottschalk
C) Theodore Thomas
D) William Henry Fry
Q2) Which of the following is not true regarding the accomplishments of Theodore Thomas?
A) performed mostly American music
B) hired only the best musicians
C) traveled widely with his orchestra
D) planned programs that would please the audience
Q3) Which of the following founded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra?
A) Theodore Thomas
B) William Henry Fry
C) Anthony Philip Heinrich
D) Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Q4) In the 1850s,the piano was not affordable for middle-class Americans.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: American Concert Music Comes of Age
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Q1) Which of the following was the older member and leader of the Second New England School of composers?
A) Horatio Parker
B) John Knowles Paine
C) Amy Cheney Beach
D) Edward MacDowell
Q2) MacDowell was an accomplished
A) violinist
B) pianist
C) singer
D) conductor
Q3) The Wa-Wan Press focused on publishing Native American music.
A)True
B)False
Q4) It is likely that Amy Beach favored the art song genre because
A) she found symphonic composition very difficult
B) this genre was considered more fitting for a woman of her day
C) she had to give up her solo career
D) she was a solo vocalist as well as a composer
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Chapter 9: The Rise of Popular Culture
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Q1) Tin Pan Alley songs are generally accessible to average singers because
A) the harmony is very tight
B) the vocal range is very modest
C) they always feature syncopated rhythms
D) they feature AABBCCDD form
Q2) Which of the following ragtime characteristics can be traced to African roots?
A) march form
B) tonal harmony
C) syncopation
D) complex harmonic sections
Q3) The cakewalk rhythm that became a cliché of ragtime was
A) short-short-long
B) long-long-short
C) short-long-short
D) long-short-long
Q4) Technically speaking,why is ragtime difficult for the average pianist to perform?
Q5) Ragtime performance is primarily associated with African-Americans.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Country Music
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Q1) The oral tradition in the world of country music declined with commercialization of the music.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Black gospel music significantly impacted popular music of later decades.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Country and western music evolved in part due to the Great Depression.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Western swing was developed in A) Arizona
B) California
C) Nashville
D) Texas
Q5) Chet Atkins is probably best known as
A) a fiddler
B) an outstanding singer
C) a great songwriter
D) an influential guitarist
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Chapter 11: Ethnic Traditions and the Urban Folk Revival
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Q1) Which is true regarding Bob Dylan?
A) He was always true to the folk music format.
B) He inspired other folk musicians to write original songs.
C) He began his career as a poet.
D) He rarely addressed social issues in his songs.
Q2) Many Cajuns from Louisiana descended from the French.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Woody Guthrie began his career as a hillbilly singer.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Some country songwriters are considered folk poets.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" was written in response to which of the following songs that he greatly disliked?
A) God Bless America
B) America the Beautiful
C) America
D) Star Spangled Banner
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Chapter 12: The Jazz Age
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Q1) Which of the following is <b>not</b> a way in which Chicago jazz differed from New Orleans jazz?
A) Chicago style featured different instruments
B) Chicago style featured more complex improvisation
C) Chicago style featured a backbeat
D) Chicago style abandoned blues form
Q2) The roots of the jazz combo are in New Orleans.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A combo is
A) a chamber ensemble
B) an early jazz style
C) a small jazz work
D) a percussion instrument
Q4) Urban blues often included at least some stanzas in the traditional ____________ form of popular music.
A) two-line
B) three-line
C) four-line
D) five-line
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Chapter 13: Jazz 1930-1960
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Q1) Count Basie was an outstanding
A) trumpeter
B) saxophonist
C) pianist
D) singer
Q2) A steadily-moving accompaniment pattern in the string bass is called
A) walking bass
B) eight-to-a-bar
C) cadenza
D) ostinato
Q3) In the jazz world,a piece of music given to band members is called a "chart." Given the structure of jazz compositions,why is this an appropriate term?
Q4) The complex,dissonant,virtuosic style of jazz introduced in the 1940s was called
A) blues
B) bebop
C) boogie-woogie
D) cool
Q5) Arrange the following four styles chronologically,and point out any stylistic trends that you notice: bebop,big band,cool,hard bop.
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Chapter 14: Jazz Since 1960
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Q1) Ornette Coleman upheld the principle that jazz should be accessible to the ordinary listener.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In which way is fusion <b>least</b> like rock?
A) use of synthesizers
B) rarely focuses on vocals
C) drum drives beat rather than bass
D) uses electronic instruments
Q3) A crossover musician is one who
A) has abandoned classical music for jazz
B) has abandoned jazz music for classical
C) has abandoned both jazz and classical
D) appeals to more than one kind of audience
Q4) The "Modern Jazz Quartet" was associated with which of the following?
A) third stream
B) free jazz
C) collective improvisation
D) fusion
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Chapter 15: Latin Popular Musics
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Q1) "Santeria" is a religion rooted in __________ practices.
A) Cuban
B) African
C) Caribbean
D) Brazilian
Q2) Cole Porter's Begin the Beguine is an example of
A) Tin Pan Alley's acceptance of Latin-inspired rhythms
B) a Cuban-inspired rhythm in a popular tune
C) a type of mambo
D) Cu-bop
Q3) The "bomba" is which of the following?
A) a couple dance
B) a line dance
C) a solo dance
D) not a dance
Q4) Both Cuban and Puerto Rican music reflects African influence.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Rock and Roll
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Q1) The Beatles' early songs were
A) politically charged
B) violent and rebellious
C) lighthearted and innocent
D) inspired by non-Western musics
Q2) The Beach Boys became famous singing about the challenges of
A) civil rights
B) social unrest
C) the surf
D) blacks in America
Q3) Motown was based in which of the following cities?
A) Chicago
B) New York
C) Detroit
D) Los Angeles
Q4) Gospel refers to a family including both white and black musics.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which elements of black gospel music directly found their way into rhythm and blues?
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Chapter 17: Popular Music Since 1970
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Q1) Grunge is also referred to as the _________ sound.
A) San Francisco
B) Chicago
C) Seattle
D) New York
Q2) A notation system for scratching would not be technically possible.
A)True
B)False
Q3) "Chicago" was a group that incorporated jazz elements into rock.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following genres chronologically followed punk,adopted some of punk's stage movements,but was less political?
A) new wave
B) grunge
C) disco
D) techno
Q5) Art rock frequently employs use of a brass section.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Music for Theatre and Film
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Q1) The tendency to revive old musicals in the 1990s was largely associated with rising production costs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) "Patter songs" are an expected feature of which of the following?
A) burlesque
B) Gilbert and Sullivan shows
C) vaudeville
D) minstrel
Q3) The "concept musical" genre dates from the 1930s.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is<b> not</b> a rock musical?
A) Hair
B) Jesus Christ Superstar
C) West Side Story
D) Godspell
Q5) Gilbert and Sullivan were early twentieth century American operetta composers.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 19: Music for Films
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Q1) A temp is written by
A) a playwright
B) a composer
C) a choreographer
D) an author
Q2) The sounds of new age music usually are produced by
A) synthesizers or acoustic folk instruments
B) electric guitars
C) a symphony orchestra
D) the theremin
Q3) Current film scores are sometimes "packaged" by Hollywood for an MTV-inspired audience.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The theremin was the earliest
A) electronic instrument used in films
B) keyboard instrument used in films
C) movie recording device
D) sound editing system
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Chapter 20: American Opera
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Q1) Which of the following opera components is strictly instrumental?
A) aria
B) recitative
C) overture
D) chorus
Q2) In opera,the drama is moved along quickly via the "aria."
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following was an Italian who came to America and wrote opera?
A) Virgil Thomson
B) Gian-Carlo Menotti
C) George Gershwin
D) William Henry Fry
Q4) Einstein on the Beach is an opera without a plot.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Imagine the following operatic scene: two singers formerly staged as a royal couple arrive at a peasant wedding in disguise,still obviously the same couple,and singing loudly about issues pertaining to royalty.Dramatically,how does the audience justify such a seemingly ridiculous situation on stage?
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Chapter 21: Experimental Music - Revolution
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Q1) The instrument on which Henry Cowell performed most of his experiments was the
A) trumpet
B) piano
C) synthesizer
D) gamelan
Q2) The Concord Sonata musically refers to the Transcendentalists.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Twelve-tone technique was developed in Germany.
A)True
B)False
Q4) It is possible to perform microtones on a traditional piano.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The experimentalist who shared many ideas with the transcendentalists was
A) Henry Cowell
B) Edgar Varese
C) Charles Ives
D) John Cage
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Chapter 22: Mainstream Concert Music - Evolution
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Q1) Which of the following composers worked very diligently to promote the music of American composers to the American public?
A) Aaron Copland
B) Samuel Barber
C) William Grant Still
D) Harry T. Burleigh
Q2) Samuel Barber's lyrical melodies exemplify which twentieth-century art music trends?
A) neoromanticism
B) classicism
C) Harlem Renaissance
D) experimental music
Q3) Which best describes the Harlem Renaissance?
A) cultural movement in 1920s Harlem focusing on "high art" in various art forms
B) jazz movement in 1920s Harlem focusing on promoting jazz performers
C) music movement in 1920s Harlem in which concert music was the focus
D) art music movement in 1920s Harlem that focused on rural black roots
Q4) How did Nadia Boulanger's teaching style impact the development of distinctively American-sounding art music?
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Chapter 23: The Avant-Garde Continued
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Q1) What elements of music missing from rap music are also largely ignored in experimental twentieth century art music?
Q2) Some American composers invented entirely new scales as well as instruments.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Abstract expressionist painters share many ideals with the composers of ______ music.
A) concrete
B) 12-tone
C) aleatoric
D) program
Q4) Which composer is known both for exploring nature sounds and guiding groups through musically creative experiences?
A) Harry Partch
B) Milton Babbitt
C) Pauline Oliveros
D) Laurie Anderson
Q5) Jazz improvisation can be considered a form of indeterminate music.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 24: The Recent Mainstream
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Q1) Modern melodies are often more __________ than melodies of the nineteenth century.
A) smooth
B) angular
C) singable
D) melodic
Q2) William Schuman and Lou Harrison are considered experimental composers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which composer,who was also a music critic,brought attention to Charles Ives?
A) Terry Riley
B) William Schuman
C) Lou Harrison
D) Joan Tower
Q4) The symphony orchestra has undergone major instrumentation changes in the last thirty years.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How do modern "traditionalists" differ from experimentalist composers? What do they have in common?
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Chapter 25: Prelude
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Q1) Which of the following is created when two pitches sound simultaneously?
A) chord
B) rhythm
C) harmony
D) triad
Q2) Which of the following is most related to the number of pulses or beats per measure?
A) bars
B) meter
C) rhythm
D) harmony
Q3) Which of the following elements of music consists of a meaningful succession of tones?
A) form
B) harmony
C) timbre
D) melody
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Chapter 26: Music in Early America
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Q1) Which of the following is true regarding African slaves in eighteenth century America?
A) African music was sometimes expressed via Christian worship.
B) African musicians were not taken into slavery.
C) Slaves were able to preserve traditional music via written notation.
D) Slaves lost all trace of their traditional musics.
Q2) Which of the following would be an incorrect generalization regarding Native American traditional music?
A) It is strongly connected to spirituality.
B) It sounded the same from culture to culture.
C) It was interrelated to other art forms.
D) It was sometimes depicted in visual art.
Q3) Some scholars differentiate between music and noise by examining which of the following?
A) patterns of sound
B) pitches
C) volume
D) written notation
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Chapter 27: The Tumultuous Nineteenth Century
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Q1) Which of the following is <b>not</b> true regarding nineteenth century American music?
A) there was an increased fusion of other arts with music
B) musicians were increasingly dependent on approval of the public
C) musicians relied on each other for practical and moral support
D) music was rarely connected to art forms such as poetry
Q2) Which of the following is not usually associated with Romanticism?
A) fascination with the unknown
B) balance and reason
C) love of nature
D) fierce independence
Q3) Romanticism dates from which of the following periods?
A) 1750-1800
B) 1800-1850
C) 1825-1900
D) 1900-1950
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Chapter 28: The Growth of Vernacular Traditions
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Q1) American vernacular music reflects which of the following?
A) regional influences
B) sophisticated compositional rules
C) highly recognized composers
D) European compositional style
Q2) Which of the following is <b>least</b> associated with the vernacular?
A) collage
B) comic books
C) swing music
D) impressionism
Q3) Which type of musical genre is frequently associated with the term "vernacular?"
A) classical
B) art music
C) popular music
D) Baroque
Q4) Which statement is <b>not</b> true regarding vernacular music in America?
A) Vernacular music was popular in early American music.
B) Vernacular music composition required extensive musical training.
C) Vernacular music was associated with minstrel shows and circuses.
D) Vernacular music was sporadically preserved.
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Chapter 29: A Diversity of Popular Musics
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Q1) American vernacular music especially diversified after the birth of
A) jazz
B) rock
C) country
D) new wave
Q2) American vernacular music of the 1990s was probably most influenced by
A) art and literature
B) technological advances and computerization
C) European trends
D) 1950s rock
Q3) Which can be said about the "beat generation?"
A) they detested vernacular music
B) they promoted only visual art
C) they were champions of nonconformity
D) they ignored American culture
Q4) Which of the following was a visual pop artist?
A) Jean-Paul Sartre
B) Andy Warhol
C) James Dean
D) Chuck Berry
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Chapter 30: Music for Theater and Film
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Q1) The inclusion of provocative dance scenes in musicals reflected which of the following trends in American culture?
A) the waning of the severe Protestant ethic
B) the growth of diversity in America
C) the legalization of alcohol sales
D) the grounding in European traditions
Q2) Broadway has recently revived many older musicals for which of the following reasons?
A) aesthetic
B) financial
C) lack of imagination
D) no available story lines
Q3) Which of the following blends of music and drama is <b>least</b> related to the vernacular?
A) film
B) opera
C) Broadway music
D) musical theater
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Chapter 31: Tradition and Innovation in Concert Music
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Q1) Which of the following is a musical trend that could not have occurred prior to the Twentieth Century?
A) fusion of literature and music
B) use of chance in performance
C) manipulation of recorded sound
D) written preservation of music
Q2) Which of the following is<b> not</b> frequently found in current American concert music?
A) inclusion of non-Western music
B) a unified musical language
C) interaction of the arts
D) multimedia performances
Q3) Some scholars connect pointillist visual art with musical manipulation of A) rhythm
B) form
C) timbre
D) meter
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