SBI Junior Associates Model Paper 14

Directions (Q.No. 96-100) Readthe following passage carefully andanswer the questions given below it.Certain words have been printed inbold to help you locate them whileanswering some of the questions.

Reviving the practice of usingelements of popular music inclassical composition, an approachthat had been in hibernationin the United States during the1960s, composer Philip Glass(born 1937) embraced the ethosof popular music in his compositions.Glass based two symphonieson music by rock musiciansDavid Bowie and Brian Eno, butthe symphonies' sound is distinctivelyhis. Popular elements donot appear out of place in Glass'sclassical music, which from itsearly days has shared certainharmonies and rhythms withrock music. Yet this use ofpopular elements has not madeGlass a composer of popularmusic. His music is not a versionof popular music packaged toattract classical listeners; it ishigh art for listeners steeped inrock rather than the classics.