Minimalism as an artistic movement was a ______.

Brass instruments did not acquire valves until the ____________________ century

Stravinsky's enormous influence on twentieth-century music is due to his innovations in ______.

A(n) _____ is an introductory section to an opera or oratorio.

Since 1950 many composers have returned to ______.

The leading music center in sixteenth-century europe was ______.

What is polytonality?

B flat major has ___ flats.

Common practice musical genres came in which order?

Describe the following chord: C Eb Gb Bb

9/8 is an example of a ______ meter.