African American Music
This individual was a great concert singer in the 70's through the present, Dido and Aeneas
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Why are African american composers who were born after 1863 considered to be nationalists?
Civil War ending/ emancipation proclamation
What was the first instrumental work to sell over 1 million copies?
Maple Leaf Rag
What patriotic song did the freed slaves sing after Lincoln's emancipation proclamation speech?
Marching song of the First Arkansas
Who was the first woman to incorporate the blues into a performance?
Mau Rainey
The First opera company to employ black singers?
Metropolitan opera
Who is known as the king of pop?
Michael Jackson
What song is the first mainstream herbie hancock tune to feature scratching?
Rockit
This 80's hip hop group was the first of their genre to have a gold record and be nominated for a grammy.
Run DMC
What instrument did John Coltrane play with Miles Davis?
Saxophone
Famous Ragtime musician who wrote the maple leaf rag
Scott Joplin
The most famous african american classical pianist from the 1970's until now would be:
Scott Joplin
Who wrote the opera treemonisha?
Scott Joplin
Who was the lead singer of the Miracles?
Smokey Robinson
Which UNF Faculty member visited the class and played jazz and ragtime?
Dr. Smart
Who was the bohemian nationalist that came to American and revealed his enthusiasm for black folk music and his belief that the music should be used in composition?
Dvorak
Twice a year in the south, the slaves were off for which holidays?
Easter and Christmas
Who was the concert artist known as the black swan?
Elizbeth taylor Greenfield
T/F? The singing of Psalms was confined to certain places such as the church and meeting house.
True
The most common plantation instruments were the _____ and the ____________.
drum and fiddle
Which eurpoean composer was influenced by his student harry t burleigh?
dvorak
In the early 90's, a poll was taken and black instrumentalists make up less than ____% of the total number of symphony players in the U.S.
14%
The first and second pop idols were:
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We saw rachel barton pine play a work by this famous composer in class:
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Which two families performed together and wrote anti slave songs?
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Who sang the one note samba?
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Which was a choice available to folk compsers who wanted to create a new song?
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What does AME stand for?
African Methodist Episcopal
Which blues musician was originally known as the beale street blues boy?
BB King
What instrument was frequently chosen as a royal or sacred instrument in west africa?
Balafon
Who was the founder of motown records?
Barry Gordy
Jazz vocalese is best defined as
BeBop/scatting/Singing Jazz
This artist managed to have a very successful career after being a prostitute and drug addict.
Billie Holiday
When a singer would sing a line and the congregation would sing back:
Call and Response/Lining out
What city is considered the birthplace of gospel music
Chicago
New Orleans jazzmen moved to which urban city that became the jazz capital in the 20's?
Chicago or New York
Minstrel Songs usually fell in alll of the following categories:
Comedy Ballads Spirituals
Mary Lou williams was known before ella fitzerald as the
First lady of jazz
________ is the most striking feature of music brought over by the slaves.
Folk/Spirituals
Who was the first black musician to publish sheet music?
Francis Johnson
An avant garde jazz movement that disregarded standard forms. Ornette coleman/John Coltrane
Free Jazz
Who was the first African American to achieve national distinction as a composer, arranger, and concert artist?
Harry T Burleigh
During the great awakening, songs were written that used religious poems instead of scriptural psalms and were called...
Hymns
Who was known as the world's greatest minstrel man and the idol of the music halls?
James A Bland
Official state song of virginia starting 1940 was written by whom?
James Bland
the following originator of funk also made a cameo in rocky 4
James Brown
Who is often called the king of gospel?
James Cleveland
Because he wrote down jazz changes on sheet music, who is regarded as the first true jazz composer?
Jelly Roll Morton
Performed the star spangled banner at woodstock:
Jimmi Hendrix
This popular tune later became the tune for the battle humn of the republic
John Brown's body
Mahalia Jackson sang at this person's inauguration:
John F Kennedy
some of the most popular railroad songs were about whom?
John Henry
The first black violinist to make a transcontinental tour and the first to make recordings?
Joseph Douglass
Who coined the term Neo-soul?
Kedar Massenburg
What song was written by the Johnson Brothers?
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Which of the following would not be considered a funk group?
Lionel Ritchie
Who is the great cornet player that once played with joe king oliver?
Louis Armstrong
Who was considered the Mother of Blues
Ma Rainey
Who was known as one of America's great gospel singers and sang at Dr. King's funeral?
Mahalia Jackson
Which is NOT true
Music Decreased and Africans weren't allowed to bring stuff.
What happens with syncopation?
Music played off the beat
This area produced many early ragtime performers
New Orleans
Michael Jackson's first solo album after he left Motown was:
Off the Wall
Which popular artist played at least three different styles of jazz and was influenced at one point by jimi hendrix?
Otis Redding
This artist won grammy awards in both classical and jazz music:
Paquito D'Rivera
One of the top 10 concert artists during the 1940's and a former football player and bass baritone was?
Paul Robenson
In 1906, where was the first black orchestra incorporated?
Philadelphia
Ragtime music was primarily associated with which instrument?
Piano
What was the name of the important opera with Summertime?
Porgy and Bess
What were arguably the two most important operas in the history of AfricanAmerican Music? Gershwin/VirgilThomson
Porgy and Bess
Which professor from Fisk University directed the Fisk Jubilee Singers?
Professor George L White
What was the purpose of the ASCAP?
Protect copyrights
1949 is the birthdate of this genre of music by billboard magazine
R&B
____________ was a dancing music procedure that involved foot tapping, hand clapping, thigh slapping all in rhythm.
Ragtime
the fundamentals of jazz are partially derived from which of the following genres?
Ragtime and blues
Which was one of the first rap songs?
Rapper's delight
Controversial jazz artist that sang the lyrics to lift every voice and sing to the national anthem?
Rene Marie
It was rumored that this blues singer sold his soul to the devil in exchange for fantastic guitar skills:
Robert Johnson
What is the most significan element of ragitme?
Syncopation
Which group performed and recorded the song Brickhouse?
The Commodores
What man is known in many circles as the father of gospel music?
Thomas A Dorsey
Quincy Jones was spoken about in this class because of what song we heard:
Thriller
Which album is the bestselling album of all time?
Thriller
First black male to sing with a major opera company
Tod Duncan
In the South, some wealthy plantation owners let their slaves practice instruments, even helping them. T/F
True
Instrumental Accompaniment had been frowned upon in the white churches T/F
True
T/F? Europeans described African vocal tone as rude nasal shrill.
True
What was the name of the anti slavery book written by harriet beecher stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What invention helped the recording industry thrive after the great depression?
Vinyl records
Who was the father of the blues and the first to popularize it?
WC Handy
Who was the first black male to win wide acclaim at home and abroad as a concert artist during the harlem renaissance?
WEB Dubois
The theme song of the civil rights movement and this piece was sung as whites and blacks held hands on the day of MLK's funeral
We Shall overcome
The Majority of African Slaves came from which coast of Africa
West
He was an extremely famous African American composer who lived from 1895-1978 and was known as one of america's greatest composers. Famous for afro american symphony.
William Grant Still
The singing style in africa is known for it's use of ________.
high intensity falsetto shouts, groans, guttural tones.
Instruments made of ANY material capable of producing sound such as bells and gongs and rattles are called ______.
idiophones
what song came to be known as the black national anthem
lift every voice and sing
We saw a Sam Cooke video where he was talking to a famous boxer named:
mohammed ali
What are the differences between lyrics of spirituals and lyrics of blues?
spirituals are religious and blues are secular
