What is a palimpsest and how does the term apply to India’s culture and its music?
What will be an ideal response?
- A palimpsest is a "manuscript parchment written on again and again in which everything written before is never fully erased. Everything written before is somehow still there, visible and readable . . ." Similarly in Indian culture old traditions persist and coexist with the new and innovative . . . "Everywhere jarring juxtapositions confront the visitor. . . . A traditional classical musical performance takes place around the corner from . . . the latest American rap."
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a. show the greed of London lawyers. b. satirize Utilitarian industrialists. c. expose the conditions of London's poorhouses. d. show the brutality of London's orphanages.
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Plainchant consists of
a. one instrument playing alone. b. several voices and instruments with harmony. c. readings by Pope Gregory I. d. melody sung alone or by a group in unison.
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