Who resided in Avignon during the period known as the Babylonian ...

[deesands]

Who resided in Avignon during the period known as the Babylonian Captivity?
 
  a. the exiled king of France
  b. the dukes of Burgundy
  c. the Medici family
  d. a series of popes

Question 2

Write a brief essay outlining the mid-nineteenth-century debate over nationality between the nativist view and that of the expatriates.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[krakiolit]

Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

nativist view:
that there should evolve a distinctively American music, developing a life of its own not in the shadow of European tradition, together with an audience to appreciate and support such music
an idealistic desire to express the national, the specific
the belief that music should express this place and this time

expatriates' view (or the critics' view):
a reverential attitude toward European masters (mainly Germanic)
an idealistic dedication to the cosmopolitan, the universal
the belief that music should transcend place and time

[deesands]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[smrtceo]

Great answer, keep it coming