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1
By the 1950s, the infrastructure of American musical life stimulated large numbers of American composers to write music for the concert hall.
A)True
B)False
2
Many modern composers still choose to write music rooted in the past.
A)True
B)False
3
William Schuman relies on William Billings, a composer from the American Revolution, for a movement in his "New England Triptych."
A)True
B)False
4
Lou Harrison's Symphony No. 4 relies on Native American coyote tales that are narrated.
A)True
B)False
5
Minimalist music is often written with a drone part.
A)True
B)False
6
Terry Riley's In C is a quasi-improvised piece that consists of 53 brief motives.
A)True
B)False
7
Phillip Glass studied with Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar.
A)True
B)False
8
Phillip Glass does not conduct the "Phillip Glass Ensemble."
A)True
B)False
9
It is easier for women composers to get performed today.
A)True
B)False
10
American musical composition in the second half of the Twentieth century has been very unstable.
A)True
B)False





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