Music 107 Midterm Ch 1-7

The name of the performer heard in "I'll be seeing you"

Bing Crosby

The main way that songs were popularized at the turn of the century was

Broadway shows Vaudeville

What did the magnetic tape recorder replace in the postwar era?

Direct-to-disc recording

Antonio Machin

El Manicero

the song I got rhythm was composed by

George and Ira gershwin

The name of the song heard

I got rhythm

The 1920 are known as the

Jazz Age

This song, composed by George Stoddard, became the first hit song to be popularized as a record before it was released as sheet music.

Mary

The most popular black pop artist of the postwar era was _______________, whose roots as a __________ were reflected in his smooth vocal delivery and subtle timing qualities.

Nat King Cole, jazz pianist

What were Tin Pan Alley songs mostly about?

Romantic Love

The most popular hillbilly performer in the years leading up to and during World War II was

Roy Acuff

The increased demand for peripheral popular music styles such as rhythm and blues was met by _____________ the late 1940s.

Small independent labels

This famous rhythm was actually based on the Latin clave figure.

The Bo Diddley beat.

The first recording of jazz is generally credited to

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Which of the following was a significant advantage of tape recording over the previous method of recording?

The ability to overdub

The term "payola" refers to

The illegal practice of bribing radio disc jockeys

What was one of the factors that caused most American record companies to go out of business by the early 1930s?

The onset of the Great Depression

riff

a short repeated melodic or rhythmic fragment

call and response

a solo vocal line answered by an instrumental or vocal line,

melisma

a vocal embellishment where a group of notes are sung on one syllable

The form of the refrain heard in I'll be seeing you

abac

Which of the following was the unifying demographic element in the early rock 'n' roll audience?

age

This style was meant for listening, not dancing, and represents the beginning of modern jazz.

bebop

song heard

bill haley

This style was a direct descendant of African-American spirituals.

black gospel

this song is

blueberry hill

bill monroe

bluegrass

This highly influential musical style appeared in the rural deep south in the late 19th century.

blues

charles brown

blues crooner

Although this early rock 'n' roll star's career lasted a brief one and a half years, he was highly influential on future pop and rock artists such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

buddy holly

the song heard

choo choo ch boogie

This early rock 'n' roll star's first hit was an adaptation of a country swing tune named "Ida Red."

chuck berry

The music heard in St. Louis Blues by Bessie Smith is

classic blues

This was a polished style of the blues, mostly recorded in the northern United States.

classic blues

The _____________ rhythm is an important structural element in many Latin music styles.

clave

Which were key figures in the music publishing business at the turn of the 20th century?

composers publishers song pluggers

bill haley

country and western

buddy holly

country and western

carl perkins

country and western

jerry lee lewis

country and western

In the postwar years, the label "hillbilly music" was changed to "____________," and the label "race music" was changed to "

country and western, rhythm & blues

was first performed on guitar, often by sliding a bottle or a knife on the neck.

country bluea

eddy arnold

country crooner

The vocal style in My Blue Heaven by Gene Austin

crooning

the drifters

doo wop

I'm your hoochie coochie man by muddy waters is the style of

electric blues

In the late-1940s, the Delta blues appeared in a new form known as

electric blues

hound dog

elvis presely

Southern black spiritual music was characteristically

expressive and extroverted

A major difference between white and black gospel music was that white gospel performers were expected to sing only sacred music.

false

Early rock 'n' roll was one distinct style of music.

false

The Grand Ole Opry was an important live radio broadcast of race music.

false

The technique of writing new lyrics over a repeating melody is known as through-composed form.

false

This recording artist grew up with the musical traditions of New Orleans.

fats domino

This recording artist had eclectic influences, including jazz singers such as Billie Holiday and instrumental soloists such as violinist Jascha Heifetz.

frank sinatra

In his brief career, _______________ had thirty-six hit records, and is considered to be a seminal figure in "good old country music."

hank williams

hank williams

honky tonk

hey good lookin by hank williams is the style

honky tonk

During the postwar years the popularity of country music

increased

Because of his wild stage performances and "bad boy" image, this artist was known as "The Killer."

jerry lee lewis

Blue Yodel no. 2 (my lovin gal lucilee)

jimmy rodgers

This performer was known as the "Singing Brakeman" and the "Father of Country Music."

jimmy rodgers

were a descendant of the big bands, featuring groups of five or six players that played a style of boogie-woogie.

jump bands

louis jordan

jump blues

Strongly influenced by jump blues, this artist was known for his exuberant performances and hard-driving piano playing.

little richard

the song heard is

long tall sally

The first Latin style to develop in the United States was the

mambo

which song

nancy with the laughing face

The growth of hillbilly music in the 1930s was aided by

network radio

Which pop vocalist had a hit with an adaptation of a country song in 1950?

patti page

Recordings for sale to African-Americans were initially classified as __________ music, while recordings for sale to white southerners were initially classified as __________ music.

race, hillbilly

__________ was/were the most important method for introducing new music during the Great Depression.

radio

Nowadays, the only part of a Tin Pan Alley song that is usually performed is the

refrain

chuck berry

rhythm and blues

fats domino

rhythm and blues

little richard

rhythm and blues

The performer heard in Cross road blues

robert johnson

This musical style was referred to as "a country man's song with a black man's rhythm."

rockabilly

"Long Tall Sally" features a musical technique known as

stop time

During the 1930s a smooth, polished style of jazz known as ____________ emerged.

swing

Take the A Train by duke elligton is the style

swing

Which of the following was the first Latin dance fad of the 20th century?

tango

The term "Great American Songbook" refers to

the catalog of standard tune

This group moved away from its country roots towards a jump blues sound, and recorded the first rock 'n' roll song to become a pop hit.

the comets

The invention of _______________ changed the way that music was recorded, and allowed music to be sung in a style known as crooning

the electric microphone

"The Wreck of the Old 97" was significant because it was

the first million-selling country hit

What demographic did the American popular music industry primarily target for sales in the early- to mid-20th century?

the middle class

Which of the following was a factor that led to the decline of the record business during the 1930s? (select all that apply)

the rise of radio the great depression

Two broadcast technologies that took off after World War II were FM radio and _

the television

12 bar blues form

three four-bar phrases with an AAB lyrical structur

The influence of the rumba can be seen in the songs of composers in which genre during the 1930s?

tin pan alley

The term __________________ refers to the music publishing business that was centered in New York beginning in the 1890s.

tin pan alley

After World War II, young people in America were buying more than one-third of all records sold.

true

At the turn of the 20th century, the public mainly bought new songs in the form of sheet music.

true

muddy waters

urban electric blues

Which of the following had an influence on hillbilly music

vaudeville tin pan alley songs hawaiian steel guitar bands minstrel shows

Which of the following were ways that Tin Pan Alley songs were personalized for the listener?

vernacular english an intimate singing style

Tin Pan Alley songs were mostly written in

verse-refrain form

This musical style appeared in Oklahoma in the 1930s, and was an integration of country, swing, and mariachi music.

western swing

was a singer-songwriter who wandered the southwestern U.S. during the great depression singing about social issues.

woody guthrie