A major musical subgenre of hip-hop culture:

This selection is a minor blues. Explain what this means. How is this different from all of the other blues selections presented in this chapter?

What will be an ideal response?

When did the aristocratic court first emerge as a center for the patronage of the arts?

A) during the reign of Charlemagne B) during the high Middle Ages (12th and 13th centuries) C) not until the beginning of the Renaissance in the 15th century D) during the 14th century, the era of the Black Death and Hundred Years' War