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Music: The Art of Listening, 6/e
Jean Ferris, Arizona State University-Tempe

Essay Quiz



1

View Picasso's "Three Musicians"; then listen to Prokofiev's March from the Love of Three Oranges. Can you make comparisons? Is the number three symbolic? Is a geometric style prevalent in both works?
2

Why was the performance of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring not received well at its first performance, yet now considered part of the standard twentieth-century repertoire?
3

List some of the emotions expressed in twentieth-century music, art, theatre, literature, architecture, clothing, and furniture styles. What effects do these have on your life? Do your opinions of what you like or dislike change throughout your life? Do you think this is due to maturity, experience, or knowledge?








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