chapter 12 music appreciation
Military bands began to include brass instruments after significant improvements were made in their construction.
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Modern day pipers serve the British military in a ceremonial role.
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Music is often used to inspire, energize, and/or coordinate movement.
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Music obviously influences dancing, but dancing also influences the development of music.
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Musicians were employed by the military before the founding of the United States.
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Of the 100+ military bands, the Marine Band is the newest.
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Pipers last appeared on the front line in 1967 in South Arabia.
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Scottish Highland bagpipes have long been regarded as a military instrument.
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Scottish Highland bagpipes were attached to combat units as far back as 1549.
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Swing dance developed in Harlem, where African American dancers at clubs and ballrooms interacted with white "slummers."
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The 19th century saw the standardization and development of military music.
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The African American arranger Fletcher Henderson joined Goodman's band as a performer in 1939.
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The first commercial hip-hop hit was "Rapper's Delight" in 1979.
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The name "breaking" derives from disco breaks.
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The role of the Marine Band in providing ceremonial music for White House events dates back to 1801.
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All of the following are true about Irving Berlin except for:
He lived in Chicago
All are true about the Sousa band except for:
It only played Sousa's original compositions
Sousa published solo and ensemble versions of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" for which of these instruments?
Zither and mandolin
At which important events does the Marine Band perform?
all of the above
What roles did musicians play during the Civil War?
all of the above
Which of these groups of musicians contributed to victories during the American Revolution?
all of the above
sousa is attributed with accomplishing which of these for the Marine Band?
all of the above
DJ Kool Herc pioneered which of the following techniques?
backspinning
Sousa was highly protective of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" and never allowed other bands to perform it.
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Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" never became a hit until after his death.
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The Jazz Singer was the last "talking picture."
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The first pioneers of hip-hop music were jazz musicians.
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While important to the military, Scottish Highland bagpipes were never used in any major war.
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While music was considered important by the US military, it was never incorporated into the curriculum at military institutions of learning.
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All of the following characteristics are typical of disco music except for:
frequent changes in tempo and volume
Who is quoted as saying "music has done its share, and more than its share, in winning this war"?
general Phillip Sheridan
All are true about John Philip Sousa except for:
he eventually pursued a long-term career in theater music
Which of the following was one of Sousa's criticisms of the recording industry?
it might damage concert attendance
Which of the following was the most influential new dance of the 1930s?
lindy hop
The 1930s saw the rise of an energetic new style of dancing known as:
swing
"Blue Skies" became a hit after it was performed by Al Jolson in the 1927 film The Jazz Singer.
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"Blue Skies" is a jazz standard, the popularity of which can be attributed to Henderson's arrangement.
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"Scotland the Brave" was written in the 1890s and first appeared in the 1895 Gesto Collection of Highland Music.
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"Swing" is one of many black colloquialisms adopted by young urban whites during the 1930s.
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Al Jolson was the leading popular singer of the 1920s.
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Although DJs initiated the practice of reciting rhymes over the breaks, dedicated rappers eventually became known as MCs.
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At a typical concert, the Sousa Band would perform orchestral transcriptions, operatic excerpts, and instrumental solos.
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Benny Goodman (1909-1986) was the first bandleader to make a hit playing swing music.
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DJ Kool Herc is credited with laying much of the groundwork for hip-hop music.
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Disco music and dance emerged in the early 1970s and by 1975 had become a national craze.
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Disco parties catered to a gay, mostly black clientele that was harassed at commercial venues.
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Disenfranchised black youth developed hip-hop music/dance as a means of expression and entertainment.
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Goodman's style was defined by an African American arranger.
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Highland bagpipes can produce only nine pitches, which means they have to alter some notes in order to adapt repertoire intended for other instruments.
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Hip-hop DJ's borrowed tools and techniques from disco, but they also used salsa and funk records to provide music for block parties.
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Hip-hop was at first regarded as a performance practice that incorporated pre-existing records.
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In 1880, Sousa's arrangements won him the directorship of the Marine Band.
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In 1892, Sousa left the military to start his own band and pursue a private career
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In 1987, Congress designated Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" as the National March.
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In breaking, dancers perform acrobatic move and often compete with one another
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John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) was a prolific and influential composer of American ballads.
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The roots of disco dancing can be traced to which of these?
Underground parties hosted by a New York City DJ
Which of the following dance styles developed alongside hip-hop music?
breaking
"Scotland the Brave" became famous after a romantic text was added to the tune.
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Bagpipes are used exclusively for marching
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Early DJs and MCs always made recordings.
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From the outset, hip-hop was regarded as a genre of music.
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Goodman played "cool" jazz on a late-night radio program.
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Highland bagpipes are audible outdoors because they play in a very high range
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Hip-hop developed in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the 1970s.
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Sousa remained director of the Marine Band until his death.
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Sousa was a vocal advocate for the recording industry.
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