John Lewis (pianist in the Modern Jazz Quartet) championed free ...

[jenna1]

John Lewis (pianist in the Modern Jazz Quartet) championed free jazz because he felt that
 
  a. it was the first really new thing to happen in jazz since Charlie Parker
 b. jazz had become too predictable and formulaic
 c. jazz should follow art music into atonality and aleatoricism
 d. traditional jazz was no longer commercially viable

Question 2

What is a leitmotive?
 
  a. The use of striking chord shifts, musical repetition, controlled dissonance,and abrupt textural changes to highlight the meaning of the text.
 b. A musical motive that symbolizes a character of dramatic entity.
  c. An operatic passage largely given in recitative and often leading to an aria orduet.
 d. A group of musicians that supported the outlook of Wagner and Liszt.

[frejo]

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b

[jenna1]

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[frejo]

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