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1
Additive meter is characteristic of what culture?
A)African.
B)American.
C)Indian.
D)Spanish.
2
Which theater piece composed by Steve Reich includes the playing of videos on five screens along with music played by an eighteen-musician ensemble?
A)The Cave.
B)Different Trains.
C)Music for 18 Musicians.
D)Tehillim.
3
In which Steve Reich composition is the vibraphone player responsible for cueing the rest of the performers?
A)Drumming.
B)Tehillim.
C)Different Trains.
D)Music for Eighteen Musicians.
4
What is considered to be Philip Glass' operatic masterpiece?
A)Einstein on the Beach.
B)Satyagraha.
C)Akhnaten.
D)Company.
5
Art that is stripped down to basic fundamentals of shape, color, and sound is typical of
A)Indeterminacy.
B)Minimalism.
C)Expressionism.
D)Post-Modernism.
6
Which work by Philip Glass is a portrait of Gandhi?
A)Akhnaten.
B)Company.
C)Satyagraha.
D)Koyaanisqatsi.
7
Which of the following composed Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer?
A)Steve Reich.
B)Philip Glass.
C)Terry Riley.
D)John Adams.
8
Which of the following was composed to commemorate the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks?
A)On the Transmigration of Souls.
B)The Death of Klinghoffer.
C)Satyagraha.
D)Tehillim.
9
Drones are
A)Percussion instruments made from wooden blocks.
B)Musical performances presented on magnetic tape.
C)Long-held notes.
D)Indian rhythmic cycles.





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