How do french 18th century salons embody the spirit of rococo style

Which artist is often considered the leader of the hudson river school and poignantly set up contrast between the cultivated east and the wild west in the united states?

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Ragtime is never a. played by a band. b. improvised. c. written in duple meter. d. syncopated.