MUSIC Chapters 1,2&4
A memorable musical phrase or riff is called a
hook
A repeated pattern designed to generate rhythmic momentum is called a
riff
True or False Tin Pan Alley songs did not directly deal with the troubling issues of the 1920's and 1930s: racism, massive unemployment, and the rise of fascism in central and Eastern Europe
True
Dink Roberts
Banjoist and songwriter known for his repertoire of songs and playing techniques learned from older players and crossing the official color line intended to seperate blacks and whites in rural North carolina
Blue notes
Bent or flattened tones lying outside traditional European- Based scale Structures that reflect particular African American melodic Characteristics
Al Johnson
Billed himself "the world's greatest entertainer." he was the most popular performer of his generation, and his career overlapped the era of vaudeville stage performance and the rise of new media in the 1920's
What is the "B" Section of a song in AABA form also called
Bridge
Jean Ritchie
Folk singer and song collector who grew up in an isolated, mountainous region of Kentucky and became and inspiration for the first generation of Urban folk musicians playing in the nightclubs and coffee houses of Greenwich village
Which crooner release the hit "My blue heaven" in 1927?
Gene Austin
Who composed the music to I got Rhythm?
George Gershwin
Which of the following is true about Al Johnson's 1921 recording of April Showers? a. the song highlight his crooning b. he is accompanied by an orchestra that plays an elaborate and decorative accompaniment suitable to the flowery sentiments of the song c. this was the first recording of his otherwise remarkable string of hit songs d. The recording features an uptempo arrangement full of syncopation and unsentimental lyrics
He is accompanied by an orchestra that plays an elaborate and decorative accompaniment suitable to the flowery sentiments of the song
rhythm
The musical organization of time
Which actor invented teh minstrel character Jim crow? a. Charles Ives b. Hugh Jackman c. John Philip Sousa d. Andrew Jackson e. Thomas Dartmouth Rice
Thomas Dartmouth Rice
Waltz
Dance style featuring a lilting triple meter accompaniment that first rose to popularity in the 1820s and was initially regarded as an "indecorous exhibition" of intimacy between men and women
Which white banjo virtuoso lead the Virginia Minstrels?
Daniel Emmet
Release
Another term for the bridge of a song
Which legendary French-born superstar of tango was inspired by operatic bel canto singing and the criollo songs of the Argentine gauchos?
Carlos Gardel
James Gideon
Chicken farmer and fiddler from northern Georgia who founded and led the Skillet Lickers beginning in 1926
Stephen Collins Foster
Composed around two hundred songs during the 1840s, 1850s, and 1860s and is regarded as the first important composer of american popular song
Which singing style emerged soon after the invention of the electronic microphone?
Cooning
Irving Berlin
Generally recognized as the most productive, varied, and creative of the tin pan alley songwriters
Jose(el negro) Ricardo
Guitarist who worked with Carlos Gardel and demonstrated the importance of Afro-Argentine musicians in the tango tradition
In which city was Tin Pan Alley Located
New York
Major
One of several musical modes featuring a major third
Minor
One of several musical modes featuring a minor third
which if the following was an influential ragtime pianist and composer? a. Scott Joplin b. John Philip Sousa c.Tur D. Ball d. Enrico Caruso e.Bill Bailey
Scott Joplin
Syncopation
Shifting melodic accents onto the offbeats
Which 1927 musical featured music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and was a new kind of musical show of unprecedented seriousness and depth?
Show boat
Which southern band did James Gideon (Gid) Tanner lead?
Skillet Lickers
Which Tin Pan Alley song composer was born Israel, or Isadore Baline in 1888?
Irving Berlin
Which 1927 film featured Al Johnson and demonstrated the possibilities of combining film with sound?
The Jazz singer
What was the first form of musical and theatrical entertainment regarded by European audiences as distinctively American in character?
The Minstrel show
Composer
The author of a piece of music
hook
The basic musical or verbal idea that "hooks" the listeners ear
Dialect
The distinctive aspect of language unique to a geographic region, social group, or ethnicity
George Washington Dixon
The first white performer to establish wide reputation as a "blackface" entertainer
Hook
The most memorable part of a song
Ira Gershwin
lyricist and collaborator with his brother George Gershwin, who helped create some of the most memorable American Popular songs
Paul Dresser
one of the most popular composer of the early tin pan alley period who wrote a series of sentimental and nostalgic songs including "the letter that never came" 1885 and "on the banks of wabash, far away" 1899
slap-back
the distinctive echo of Elvis Presleys early recordings on Sun records
Arrangers
the individuals who bore responsibility for creating a musical environment (including choice of key, tempo, instrumental accompaniment, and so on) that would match a given singer's vocal strengths to a particular song
From which stream of influence does the "high lonesome sound" commonly head in country music hail?
European American stream
Which productive, varied, and creative tin pan alley composer was born in Temun Russia, in 1888 and later immigrated to the united states as a result of the anti jewish pogrom in 1892?
Irving berlin
Who invented the Phonograph?
Thomas Alva Edison
Which Opera Composed by George Gershwin in 1935 represents his most thoroughgoing synthesis of European classical, mainstream popular, and African American stylistic influences?
Porgy and Bees
The Skillet Lickers
Quartet of musicians from northern Georgia founded in 1926 and one of the first southern string bands to appear on commercial recordings
A musical pattern that is repeated to create rhythmic momentum; used in much African american music
Riff
Who was the most influential songwriter of American popular song during the nineteenth century?
Stephen Foster
James A. Bland
Successful black songwriter and one of the best-known and most successful composers of plantation songs. Bland wrote some seven hundred songs, including "carry me back to old Virginny"(1878) and "Oh dem golden slippers(1879)
Which Latin dance style did Irene and Vernon Castle and movie star Rudolph Valentino help popularize in the early twentieth century?
Tango
Minstrel Show
The first form of musical and theatrical entertainment to be regarded by European audiences as distinctively American in character; featured mainly white performers who artificially blackened their skin and carried out parodies of African American music, dane, dress, and dialect
John Philip Sousa
The most popular bandleader from the 1890s through world war I
George Gershwin
The most widely known of American composers who sought and achieved success in the world of concert music as well as popular music
sampling
The technique of using digitally encoded sound (often from popular song) to create new musical material (often a new popular song)
Mexican Immigrants in California played an important role in the development of rock music
True
Which of the following is true about the diddley bow? a. it is a musical instrument adapted from the African one-stringed Zither b.It is used to hunt small game in the mountains of North Carolina c. It was a unique was of recognizing fan appreciation in the nineteenth century d. It is part of a ship that howls in the wind e. It is a vocal growth used in gospel music
a. It is a musical instrument adapted from the African one-stringed zither.
The following is true about African American ballads of the nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries? a. they celebrated the exploits of black heroes and "bad men". b. they were popular in the area around Atlanta, Georgia, but did not catch on in other places until the 1970s c. they were performed in "blackface" d. They included songs such as "Barbara Allen". e. They were usually composed by Jewish Tin Pan Alley composers
a. They celebrated the exploits of black heroes and "bad men"
Lightning washington
african american musician who recorded the work song "long John" in 1934 with fellow convicts
A term that evokes the channeled flow of "swinging" or "funky" or "phat" rhythms is called a
groove
The quality of sound, sometimes called "tone color" is
timbre
A stretch of 28th in lower manhattan, New York populated by new publishing firms in early twentieth century, many of which were funded by jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe
Tin Pan Alley
Folk Music
Traditional music originating in popular culture usually related to aspects of social or national identity and frequently of unknown authorship
Al Johnson billed himself the world's greatest entertainer ?
True
Stropes
Main Sections of music often consisting of a verse and a chorus
Dance Music
Music designed to accompany or inspire dancing
Verse
Musical section sung to a fixed melody
Bing Crosby
A popular crooner known for silky, gentle, nuanced voice that suggests intimacy
R&B (rhythm and blues)
A popular musical genre of african american origin emerging in the 1940s
Vaudeville
A popular theatrical form descended from music hall shows and minstrelsy, which became the most important medium for popularizing TIn Pan Alley Songs
Verse
A section of popular song. In Tin Pan Alley music, it usually sets up a dramatic context or emotional tone
Verse-Refrain
A Tin Pan ALley musical form that fused elements of Verse-and Chorus form with AABA form
Old time music
A category of music comprising string band music, ballad songs, sacred songs, church hymns, and a variety of functionally specialized music genres such as lullabies and work songs
Chorus
A contrasting musical section consisting of a fixed melody and lyric repeated exactly each time around
Uptempo
A fast tempo
Gospel Music
A large body of sacred song with texts that reflect aspects of personal religious experience of protestant evangelical groups
Bridge
A musical section presenting new material including a new melody, chord changes, and lyrics (also know as B from AABA)
Djs (Disc Jockeys)
A person or persons who play records publically or use pre recorded music and samples to make techno, rap, and other forms of music
Sharecroppers
Exploited farmers working on land they do not own who were required to buy farming supplies, food, and clothing on credit from a local merchant or plantation store and sell crops back to the merchant to retire debt
Minstrelsy wa invented in southern, Aristocratic neighborhoods of cities like atlanta?
False
Which of the following was a well known composer of plantation songs? a. Scott Joplin b. John Philip Sousa c. Tur D'ballso e. James Bland d. Enrico Caruso
James Bland
What role did song pluggers play in the music industry from the nineteenth century until the 1920's?
They promoted songs and convinced big stars to perform them.
Harry Von Tilzer
A successful turn of the ccentury songwriter sometimes referred to as the "Daddy of popular song". His big hits included "A bird in a gilded cage" (1900) and "I want a Girl (just like the girl that Married Dear Old Dad)" (1911)
Ragtime
A syncopated musical style that emerged in the 1800s and was influenced by the cuban Habanera and marching band music
Formal Analysis
A system of musical interpretation informed by the western academic tradition and usually applied to written music
Thomas Dartmouth Rice
A white actor born into a poor family in NY's Seventh Ward who demonstrated the potential popularity (and profitability) of minstrelsy with the song "Jim Crow" (1829), which became the first international song hit
Mississippi John Hurt
African American guitarist representative of the songster tradition
Blues
African American music tradition having and increasing influences on mainstream popular music beginning in the 1920s and 1930s
Tommy Jarrell
An Influential old time fiddle and banjo player from Mt. airy, in the mountains of North Carolina
reverb
An echo effect used in music
Montuno
An improvised and often climactic part of rumba music
Cole porter
An influential tin pan alley composer born into a wealthy family in india who studied classical music at elite institutions such as Yale, Harvard, and the Scola Cantorum in Paris
Soldiers Joy
An old time fiddle tune originating in Europe and influential in the united states
Which of the following is true of Bing Crosby's recording of "How deep is the ocean"? a. Crosby constantly carries his dynamics within individual phrases b. the song stays in the same key the entire time c. The recording features Xavier Cugat's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra d. the song was featured in the film the jazz show e. bring crosby did not actually record the song; it was attributed to him but actually recorded by Al Johnson
Crosby Constantly carries his dynamics within individual phrases
Which of the following became the conductor of the U.S. Marine band? a. Dan Emmett b. Zip Coon C. John Philip Sousa d. Stephen Foster e. B. Harms
John Philip Sousa
Which of the following was not an influential Tin Pan Alley Composer? a. George Gershwin b.Richard Rodgers c. Cole Porter d. Irving Berlin e. John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa
Which Guitarist lived from 1888 until 1937, worked with Carlos Gardel, and demonstrated the importance of Afro Argentine musicians in the tango tradition?
Jose (el Negro) Ricardo
Carlos Gardel
Legendary French born superstar of tango
Which of the following is true about Brazilian bossa nova? a. it was popularized in the united states by banjoists like Dink Roberts b. it was popularized in the united states by string bands like Skillet Lickers c. It was popularized in the united states by songs like "The girl from Ipanema" d. it was popular in Brazil but never caught on in the united states despite heavy promotion by the music industry e. it was marked as being from Brazil but really originated in Eastern European countries like Russia and Poland
c. it was popularized in the united states by songs like "The girl from Ipanema"
Which of the following is true about songwriter stephen foster? a. he lead flordia minstrels b. in addition to being a songwriter, he was a master brewer and created the recipe for Foster's Premium Ale c. He wrote the song "After the Ball" d. He embreaced both genteel traditions and less highly regarded but popular traditions such as minstrelsy e. he was known for his flashy guitar
d. He embraced both genteel traditions and less highly regarded but popular traditions such as minstrelsy
Which of the following is true about the Afro-Cuban rumba? a. it closely resembled the "chicken dance" and involves a distinctive wiggle of the elbows b. it was a fad heavily promoted by the American music industry in the 1960's but fail to catch on c. it was promoted and popularized in the early 1990s by hip-hop artists MC hammer and Vanilla ice d. It accompanies dances featuring sexual role playing and wa originally suppressed by Cuban authorities e. It was first recorded in the late nineteenth century in southern california
d. It accompanies dances featuring sexual role playing and was originally suppressed by Cuban authorities
