Describe the music and career of Woody Guthrie.
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(1912-1967), member of the Almanac Singers, songwriter, singer, guitarist most famous for songs: "This Land is Your Land", "So Long, It's Been Good to Know You"; Traveled the country singing in support for organization of workers' unions; Early fifties, hospitalized with Huntington's chorea-degenerative disease of the nervous system.
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Which statement best describes the relationship among the constituent voices in Missa prolationum?
a) all four voices of the texture are notated by the composer b) Only the tenor is notated and the other voices are improvised freely c) the piece includes four voices, all moving in the same prolation d) Two voices are notated and the other two are derived by canon
It is difficult to describe accurately the features of twentieth?century music because
a. we are so close to it in terms of years b. it was very diverse and fragmented c. several major composers changed their style d. many more people were composing music than ever before e. All of these choices