This composer encountered gamelan music from Indonesia in 1889 while attending the International Exhibition in
Paris and his music began to reflect the style of gamelan music: ostinatos, static harmonies, types of scales, and
shimmering timbres.
a. Cage
b. Debussy
c. Stravinsky
d. Adams
e. Ravel
ANSWER: b
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b. In its mature state it consisted of several movements, including one or morearias and recitatives, and was performed during church services; the subjectwas usually based upon the Gospel reading of the day. c. A genre that uses the essential processes of opera but without lavish sets,costumes, or acting; it is usually based upon an event in the Old Testament. d. Heroic, fully sung Italian opera that dominated the stage at the courts ofEurope during the eighteenth century.
Understood as a contemporary political critique, Géricault's Raft of the Medusa is an indictment of the traditions of
a. the institution of slavery
b. Napoleon Bonaparte
c. the Royal Academy of Art
d. the French Monarchy