Jazz Ch. 3

Scott Joplin's most famous composition is a. "The Maple Leaf Rag." b. "The St. Louis Blues." c. "The Charleston." d. "The Buzzard Lope."

"The Maple Leaf Rag."

"Race records," kept by the census, were designed to prevent African Americans from voting in the South.

False

The minstrel show's characteristics, including blackface, lingered in American show business until the early 1950s.

True

"Jim Crow" was a. a standard character in the minstrel show. b. a ballad celebrating the exploits of a "bad man." c. the legal system of post-Reconstruction segregation. d. a and c only

a and c only

Bessie Smith a. made nearly two hundred recordings. b. lived to be eighty-six. c. starred in the short film St. Louis Blues. d. a and c only

a and c only

By 1900, the syncopations of ragtime music had shifted from the banjo to the following instrument: a. trumpet. b. clarinet. c. piano. d. guitar.

piano.

Which is true about American brass bands? a. Like symphony orchestras, they were highly professional and exclusive. b. They were common in African American as well as white communities. c. They prominently featured string instruments. d. all of the above

b. They were common in African American as well as white communities.

The blues has ____-line stanzas. a. two b. three c. four d. eight

b. three

"March form" was widely used in the following genre: a. ragtime. b. vaudeville blues. c. the minstrel show. d. the spiritual.

ragtime.

Among the African American dances that shocked and invigorated the country in the early twentieth century was a. the Charleston. b. the waltz c. the quadrille d. a and c only

the Charleston.

The idea that "Jazz is African American music" is rooted in race, not ethnicity.

False

The ______ was an ensemble from an African American college that performed spirituals before the general public as early as 1871. a. Virginia Minstrels b. Singers of the Georgia Sea Islands c. Fisk Jubilee Singers d. The Hellfighters

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Country blues were a. usually accompanied by guitar. b. often sung by women. c. performed by brass bands. d. a and c only

a. usually accompanied by guitar.

African American music is characterized by a. polyrhythm. b. call and response. c. blues notes. d. all of the above

all of the above

At the turn of the century, the term "ragtime" meant a. a piano style. b. a type of song. c. a syncopated dance. d. all of the above

all of the above

Jazz is a. "America's classical music." b. a folk music. c. a popular music. d. all of the above

all of the above

Which of the following genres is(are) part of African American folk culture? a. The minstrel show b. Ballads c. Brass bands d. all of the above

b. Ballads

In a backbeat, the accents fall on beats a. one and two. b. two and four. c. three and four. d. two and three.

two and four.

Who is the best-known composer of ragtime music? a. Louis Armstrong b. James Reese Europe c. Bessie Smith d. Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin

James Reese Europe was a. a black musician who performed ragtime for white dance instructors. b. a white blues singer. c. leader of the 369th Infantry Band, or "Hellfighters," during World War I. d. a and c only

d. a and c only

John Philip Sousa a. invented the sousaphone. b. was the director of a prominent minstrel show band. c. composed many marches, including "The Stars and Stripes Forever." d. a and c only

d. a and c only

The "Father of the Blues" was this cornet-playing bandleader who first heard the blues in a Mississippi train station: a. W. C. Handy. b. John Philip Sousa. c. James Reese Europe. d. Scott Joplin.

W. C. Handy.

Field hollers and work songs a. expressed the loneliness and hardship of African Americans. b. were sung by African Americans before the Civil War. c. contributed to the music that became known as the blues. d. a and c only

a and c only

The minstrel show a. was established as early as the 1840s. b. banned African Americans from performance until the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s c. reinforced many degrading stereotypes of African Americans. d. a and c only

a and c only

What is true about ragtime? a. Its "ragged" polyrhythmic syncopation contributed to jazz. b. It was deeply rooted in the blues. c. It was a form of composition first published in 1897. d. a and c only

a and c only

Gertrude "Ma" Rainey was a. the leader of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. b. a vaudeville/classic blues artist. c. a minstrel show composer. d. a popular dance instructor.

a vaudeville/classic blues artist

The popularity of the trumpet (cornet), clarinet, and trombone in jazz was due mostly to the influence of a. brass bands. b. symphony orchestras. c. the African American folk tradition. d. all of the above

a. brass bands.

"Secondary ragtime" is a. a genre of ragtime recordings aimed at black markets. b. a polyrhythm, featuring a meter of three superimposed on a meter of two. c. the concluding act of the minstrel show. d. an early nickname for jazz.

b. a polyrhythm, featuring a meter of three superimposed on a meter of two.

Vaudeville blues—also known as classic or urban blues—were a. sung only by male singers. b. performed on black theater circuits. c. usually sung unaccompanied. d. religious in nature.

b. performed on black theater circuits.

Country blues musicians changed the timbre and pitch of their guitars by using a. bottlenecks. b. harmonicas. c. amplification. d. call and response.

bottlenecks

A simple way of diagramming march form is a. A A B A b. ABCDABCD c. A A B B C C D D d. AAB

c. A A B B C C D D

What musical characteristic of the spiritual directly influenced jazz? a. Its religious text b. Its use of the trap set c. Call and response d. The overtones

c. Call and response