Throughout the late 1920s and into the 1930s, jazz bandleaders were experimenting with increasing the size of their bands. Because dancehalls kept getting bigger and bigger, the amount of volume a band needed to fill them kept growing (these were the days before amplified sound reinforcement). Duke Ellington exemplified this trend: his first band in 1924 had members. By 1927, he had members, by 1930 members and by 1940 members.

Most of the written music that has been preserved from the middle ages is a. sacred. b. for flute and guitar. c. polyphonic. d. dance music.

True or false: workers in the food handling industry include the processing plant workers, truckers, and grocery store personal.

Phoenician art, was among the most sought after in the ancient world. a. pottery. b. mosaics. c. glassware. d. stone reliefs. the area known as “upper egypt” is actually the of the country. “lower egypt” is the area closest to the mediterranean. a. eastern. b. southern. c. western. d. northern. according to the course text, what dates do historians trace the beginning and end of ancient egyptian civilization? a. 8000 bce to 1200 ad. b. 30,000 bce to 10,000 bce. c. 8000 bce to 6000 bce. d. 3500 bce to 30 bce. why did we look at art from only the old, middle, and new kingdoms, of egyptian history and not the “intermediate periods”? a. these were periods of time in which the greatest and largest wars were fought, resulting in large amounts of artistic treasures. b. these were the “high points” of egyptian civilization when most of the egyptian artistic accomplishments occurred. c. these were the times that egyptian civilization was lead by the most powerful and successful rulers. d. these were periods in which plagues, crime, and poverty led to wide use of the artistic expression.