AJHD 2025 fine arts/social studies 1

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How did Joaquin Rodrigo's wife help him in composing new pieces?

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He wrote them in braille and then dictated the notes to her to put on sheet music.

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In 1866, Adolphe Sax's patented designs for the saxophone expired. What happened next? Options: He went mad, as others were stealing his design and making money off his hard work, He designed the modern jazz clarinet, Other makers adapted the original design and produced new models with extra keys, His family continued to fight for design rights, and further generations are still fighting today., Saxophone use died out for many decades.

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Other makers adapted the original design and produced new models with extra keys

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What did W.C. Handy create after hearing a man using a knife to scrape his guitar while waiting at a train station?

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the first folk blues music

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Where did Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire first premier?

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Berlin

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Which was one of Duke Ellington's first songs, which was written by the time he was 14?

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Soda Fountain Ring

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Who was a student of Austrian composer, Arnold Schoenberg? Options: Alban Berg, Anton Webern, George Harrison, All of these, Alban Berg and Anton Webern

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Alban Berg and Anton Webern

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What instrument would you most likely hear played at an ancient Middle Eastern wedding?

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darbuka

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What is another name for the Piedmont Blues?

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East Coast Blues

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What type of music skills did Harvey Brooks teach Duke Ellington?

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piano playing techniques which were loose and free

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Which of the following can John Coltrane NOT claim on his resume? disc jockey (DJ), tenor saxophonist, composer, band leader, huge influence of 1960s and 1970s jazz music

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disc jockey (DJ)