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1
A ______ is defined as a group of persons regarded as forming a single community of related, interdependent individuals.
A)society
B)culture
C)diaspora
D)nation-state
2
A culture is best defined by
A)the complex identities of individuals
B)how individuals make and listen to music
C)the collective worldview shared by its members
D)spirituality in music
3
People who share a sense of homeland but do not have political autonomy over that homeland can be described as belonging to a
A)society
B)social institution
C)nation
D)nation-state
4
Special events during which individuals or communities enact their core beliefs, values, and ideals through performance are called
A)patronages
B)syncretisms
C)social institutions
D)rituals
5
A people defined by shared identification with a "homeland" where they themselves do not reside represent a
A)diaspora
B)society
C)culture
D)nation-state
6
The merging of formerly distinct styles of music into new forms of expression is called
A)culture
B)diaspora
C)musical syncretism
D)virtual community
7
The practice of studying music by living in a community for an extended time is called ethnomusicological
A)syncretism
B)transubstantiation
C)interpretation
D)fieldwork
8
When music causes individuals to become "possessed" by spirits this is called
A)transubstantiation
B)musical syncretism
C)identity
D)ritual
9
The process by which music moves from one person or community to another is referred to as
A)composition
B)transmission
C)transubstantiation
D)musical syncretism
10
The two basic features of music transmission are
A)performer and audience
B)production and reception
C)composition and improvisation
D)interpretation and arranging
11
To compose in the moment of performance is called
A)composition
B)interpretation
C)improvisation
D)arranging
12
To plan the design of a musical work prior to its performance is called
A)composition
B)interpretation
C)improvisation
D)arranging
13
All societies are built around aggregates of intersecting
A)cultures
B)nation-states
C)social institutions
D)all of the above
14
When music is owned by individuals or is the property of a family lineage it is considered a
A)commodity
B)ritual
C)diaspora
D)all of the above
15
_____________ draws on musicology, anthropology, and other disciplines in order to study the world's musics.
A)Fieldwork
B)Ethnomusicology
C)Culture
D)Globalization
16
Dance may serve as a lens through which to view
A)the performance of identity
B)community solidarity
C)the physical expression of culture
D)all of the above
17
________ is a process of creative transformation whose most remarkable feature is the continuity it nurtures and sustains.
A)ethnomusicology
B)interpretation
C)improvisation
D)tradition
18
"That complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society" is a definition of
A)tradition
B)society
C)culture
D)music
19
The ways in which people think about and represent themselves and one another through music is called
A)patronage
B)identity
C)diaspora
D)transmission
20
Ethnomusicologists are interested in understanding music as _____________.
A)a musicultural phenomenon
B)a composition
C)a dance
D)fieldwork
21
When royal courts or churches support musicians or musical institutions it is called
A)commodity
B)identity
C)globalization
D)patronage







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