What is the musical function of an alapana?
What will be an ideal response?
• The performance begins with alapana, an improvised section in free rhythm for veena alone and an introduction to the raga used in the composition.
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Which of the following was a characteristic of late modernism?
A. an undaunted optimism B. a commitment to a fixed set of standards in art C. investing works with spiritual or metaphysical meaning D. appropriation of images of mass culture
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Discuss the use of repetition in Pieter de Hooch’s Interior of a Dutch House. In this painting, what other two principles of design are achieved through repetition?
What will be an ideal response?
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