Author Question: What was Count Basie's New Testament band known for? a. its sparkling, swinging arrangements, ... (Read 121 times)

Wadzanai · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

What was Count Basie's New Testament band known for?

a. its sparkling, swinging arrangements, made by the best arrangers in the business
b. its Kansas Citystyle head arrangements, developed by members of the band
c. its performances of concert-length works in the third-stream tradition
d. its willingness to embrace avant-garde playing techniques

Question 2

After the death of Purcell there were no significant English-born composers of international stature until the twentieth century. The most successful of the latenineteenth-century composers was:

a. Charles Villiers Stanford
b. Edward Elgar
c. Arthur Sullivan
d. C. Hubert H. Parry