首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] Ok, so in our last class we were discussing big bands swing mu
[originaltext] Ok, so in our last class we were discussing big bands swing mu
游客
2023-08-13
81
管理
问题
Ok, so in our last class we were discussing big bands swing music. You remember this was a kind of dance music with a steady rhythm. But today we deal with style of music played by smaller jazz bands. It’s called bebop. Now bebop may use all sorts of new types of rhythms, some of them very irregular. We’ll talk more about that later. But first I want to talk about some of the social elements that I believe contributed to the development of bebop music. To do this, we have to look at when bebop arose and started becoming so popular, which was from the late 1930s through the 1940s, some the time of great depression write into the second world war. Now one factor that certainly help create the environment for bebop music was the decline of US economy. During the great depression, the economy suffered tremendously. And fewer people had money to spend on entertainment. Then during the 2nd World War the government imposed a new tax on public entertainment, what you might call performance tax. The government collected money on performances that included any types of acting, dancing or singing, but not instrumental music. So to avoid this new tax, some jazz bands stop using singers altogether. They started relying on the creativity of the instrumentalists to attract audiences. This was what bebop bands did. Now remember a lot of big bands have singers. So the instrumentalists simply played in the background and had occasional solos while the singer sang the melody to the songs, but not bebop bands. So the instrumentalists had much more freedom to be creative. So they experimented, playing the music faster and using new irregular sorts of rhythms.
Now listen to the following recording and answer questions 19 to 21.
19. How did the bebop bands avoid the performance tax?
20. Why does the professor mention the decline of the US economy during the great depression?
21. What does the professor describe as a significant characteristic of bebop music?
选项
A、To discuss one way it impacted jazz music.
B、To explain why the government reduced some taxes.
C、To describe a common theme in jazz music.
D、To discuss the popularity of certain jazz bands.
答案
A
解析
细节题。根据To do this,we have to look at when bebop arose and started becoming so popular和Now one factor that certainly help create the environment for bebop music was the decline of US economy.可知教授提到大萧条时期美国经济的下滑,是为了讨论它对爵士音乐的影响。因此,正确答案为A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2921264.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]ResearchersatHarvardMedicalSchool’saffiliatedHebrewSen
[originaltext]ResearchersatHarvardMedicalSchool’saffiliatedHebrewSen
[originaltext]ResearchersatHarvardMedicalSchool’saffiliatedHebrewSen
[originaltext](19)Peoplewholiveinareaswithpollutedairincreasethei
[originaltext](19)Peoplewholiveinareaswithpollutedairincreasethei
[originaltext]StockpricesretreatedonFridayfollowinganotherweakUSjo
[originaltext](12-1)Swedishfathersfromnextyearwillreceiveathirdmo
[originaltext](12-1)Swedishfathersfromnextyearwillreceiveathirdmo
[originaltext]Watchinganotherpersonshivercancauseourowntemperature
[originaltext]M:Goodmorning,Natalie!Readytobegintoday’stutoring?W:Oh
随机试题
Foraboutthreecenturieswehavebeendoingscience,tryingscienceout,us
[originaltext]W:Goodevening,andwelcometothisweek’s“BusinessWorld,”the
权威(的)authoritative
某汽车维修公司有部门、员工和顾客等实体,各实体对应的关系模式如下:部门(部门代码
绒毛膜癌最主要的转移途径是A.淋巴转移 B.腹腔种植 C.弥散性播散 D.
暂态地电压局部放电的室内检测应尽量避免气体放电灯、排风系统电机、手机、相机闪光灯
某建筑物的筏形基础,宽度15m,埋深10m,基底压力400kPa。地基土层如表3
依从阶段的行为具有()性、被动性、不稳定,随情境的变化而变化。
共用题干 某零部件生产企业为增值税一般纳税人,每件产品的不含税售价为1000元
可经过肠道传播的传染病是A、血吸虫病 B、伤寒 C、斑疹伤寒 D、钩端螺旋
最新回复
(
0
)