1.How are the chapters of our textbook structured? (pg. 2-5)
2. What is the Marriage of Figaro? List three things about this piece of music that tells us something
about the people of that time and place.
3. What does the fact that we consider Mozart a “deity among composers” tell us about today’s
American society?
4. What is meant by a “relativistic view” of music?
5. What is an example of a “bimusical” community and why would they be considered ?
6. We will be using Merriam’s “Three-Part Model” extensively in this course. What are the three
parts of this model?
7. Think of a kind of music and/or music event you know, and try to describe how the three-part
model can be applied:
8. List the five “universals” of music:
9. Music is universal, but not a universal language. What does this statement mean?
10. What kinds of things cause music to change?
11. Describe the four primary classes of instruments (and the recent fifth) in the system developed
by Hornbostel and Sachs, and give an example of each:
12. “A society develops its music in accordance with the ________________ of its
_______________.”
13. What is “fieldwork” and who does it?
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