What is the subject of Wynton Marsalis's Pulitzer Prize–winning oratorio Blood on the Fields?

Antonio Vivaldi spent many years as director of music at __________

a) a Venetian orphanage for girls b) St. Mark's Basilica in Venice c) St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome d) a Florentine academy

What did drummers begin to do differently during the swing era?

a. keep time on the hi-hat, closing it on beats 2 and 4 b. play military rudiments on the snare c. drop unexpected "bombs" on the bass drum d. reincorporate the cowbells and woodblocks from the early days of jazz