Musc Ch.13 quiz

Which of the following labels were NOT used by Billboard magazine to classify country music recordings during the 1940s?

country records

Jimmie Rodgers's style and output borrowed deeply from _______ music practice and culture.

African American

Who was the central figure in western swing?

Bob Wills

Alan Lomax replaced Robert Winslow Gordon in the Archives of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress.

False

In the years between the two world wars, the boundaries between country music and other genres were clearly marked.

False

The second decade of country music experienced a marked slowing in its development.

False

Who was the most successful Jimmie Rodgers imitator?

Gene Autry

What A&R man was hired by Okeh Records to comb the rural South in search of new artists for the white Southern market?

Ralph Peer

From which of the following areas did western swing NOT originate?

Tennessee

A lively tradition of stage musical entertainment developed in the rural South at a time when minstrel and vaudeville shows were largely urban phenomena.

True

Advantages such as musical literacy, music lessons that promoted literacy, ownership of musical instruments---especially the piano---were beyond the reach of many Americans, especially in the least prosperous regions of the country.

True

By the end of World War II, the term "hillbilly" was on its way out.

True

Gene Autry appeared in nearly ninety western films.

True

Jimmie Rodgers was the first undisputed solo star of country music.

True

Woodie Guthrie wrote or adapted more than a thousand songs, reflecting his travels and emphasizing the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s.

True

The Carter Family was from

Virginia

Outside his work with the Carter Family music group, A.P. Carter was

an amateur song catcher.

Some hillbilly music fits neatly into the category of ________, but much of it does not.

folk

_________ were a significant way for country musicians to reach a wider audience.

motion pictures

Two acts that would eventually transform country music from a small specialty market into a major segment of the American music industry were

the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers.

Western swing artists took cues with regard to sound, style, and instrumentation from the jazz-oriented swing bands that toured the Southwest.

true