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Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow.
(1) Two different groups of black musicians grew up in New Orleans. (2) The first of these, the slaves, brought with them the music of Africa
and the influences of Caribbean music. (3) Denied education and opportunity by slavery, they improvised, making instruments from gourds.
bamboo, and bone. (4) They created songs charged with emotion: work songs, chants, and spirituals. (5) In contrast to the slaves, the "free
men of color" were raised as Creoles. (6) Formally educated and sometimes sent to European schools, they were well versed in classical
music, and they played classical instruments. (7) During the Reconstruction period, these two groups of musicians were flung together. (8) The
brilliant child of this unlikely union was jazz.
Does this compare or contrast or both?
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Question 2 of 10
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9/2/2021
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