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Author Question: Why did Duke Ellington say that he was born in 1956 at the Newport Festival? a. he premiered his ... (Read 101 times)

yoroshambo

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Why did Duke Ellington say that he was born in 1956 at the Newport Festival?
 
  a. he premiered his New Ellington band there, featuring a smaller, more bebop-oriented group
 b. the crowd went wild during their performance there, and his band was back in vogue
 c. he premiered his first sacred oratorio there, illustrating his growing interest in gospel-oriented music
 d. after a failed performance there, he realized how he could restructure his big band for the postswing era

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The popularity of choir festivals in nineteenth-century England was advanced in large part by the enduring demand to hear the choral music of Handel, and by a longstanding tradition of amateur choral singing.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false


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

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yoroshambo

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Reply 2 on: Jul 25, 2018
Gracias!

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