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For a thousand years the standard textbook on music theory was a work entitled Fundamentals of Music. Which statement does not apply to this influential tome?
 
  A) The heart of the book is a six-chapter study of rhythm in music and poetry.
  B) It served as the conduit through which Greek music theory was passed on to medieval Europe.
  C) The text describes three distinct types of music: the music of the spheres, music of the human body, and earthly vocal and instrumental music.
  D) The author of the text was the aristocratic Roman, Manlius Severinus Boethius.

Question 2

During the last years of the Roman Empire, the author Martianus Capella categorized knowledge into a set of seven intellectual disciplines called the seven liberal arts. The first three were language based (the trivium), while the final four were scientific disciplines (the quadrivium). In which branch of study was music classified?
 
  A) trivium
  B) quadrivium


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Reply #1 on: Jul 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jul 25, 2018
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