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Question
The element of rhythm in twentieth-century music is best characterized as:
a. adhering to the basic metrical patterns of the past.
b. disregarding the basic metrical patterns of the past.
c. adopting dance rhythms borrowed from the folk idiom.
d. returning to the patterns of the Baroque era.
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