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A. Melismatic
B. Syllabic
C. Neumatic
D. None of these
A. Mozart
B. Beethoven
C. Vivaldi
D. Haydn
A. Berlioz: 'Symphonie Fantastique' ...
B. Revolutionary use of idee fixe
C. 'Grande messe des morts'.
A. The actress Harriet Smithson.
B. The composer Clara Schumann
C. The actress Harriet Smithson
D. The writer George Sand
A. Wanted music only as a discreet accompaniment to
B. An estampie is a medieval
C. The term ars nova refers to
D. The center of polyphonic music in Europe after 1150 was
A. First
B. Second
C. First And Fourth
D. Third
A. What Berlioz's song reflects
B. "March to the Scafford"
C. Berlioz's "Fantasy-Symphony"
D. Berlioz on sound
A. Passionate speech
B. A singing melody with accompaniment
C. An upward contour and a major scale
D. A particular rhythmic pattern
A. A percussive edge
B. A tone cluster
C. A polychord
D. Arnold schoenburg
A. Faith
B. Satire
C. Montaigne.
D. Madrigal.
A. Siegfried
B. Tristan Und Isolde
C. Fidelio
D. Parsifal
A. Percussion instruments have become very prominent and numerous
B. Dissonance has been emancipated
C. String players are sometimes called on to use the wood instead of the hair on their bows
D. All of these
A. Microtones
B. Transposition
C. Dominant
D. Pentatonic and tritonic
A. First
B. Tempo
C. Active
D. Rest
A. Minor
B. German
C. Through
D. Composed
A. One
B. Three
C. Two
D. Multiple
A. Neo-classical.
B. Installing fountains
C. Sailed shape roof
D. Sidi bashir mosque
A. Unplugged in New York
B. In Utero
C. Vitology
D. Nevermind.
A. Minor
B. Triple
C. Woodwinds
D. Cellos
A. Participate in the drama
B. She is his daughter
C. Ear-splitting noise
D. Steady and confident,
A. Composition for orchestra
B. Cycle of piano pieces
C. Etude for piano students
D. Song cycle
A. Cover Song
B. Thomas A. Dorsey
C. Sun Records
D. Fats Domino
A. Three
B. Four
C. Two
D. Six
A. Sitar
B. Acoustic guitar
C. Electric guitar
D. Electric keyboard
A. Aa trumpet soloa saxophone
B. Solo Count Basie (piano player)
C. Opens the song with piano riffs
D. None of these
A. Acoustic
B. Pianoelectric
C. Organelectric
D. Pianoacoustic
E. Guitarelectric bass
F. All of these
A. Opening A
B. Final A
C. B
D. A and B
A. 250
B. 100
C. 50
D. 600