Ch 1-8 quizzes music

What piece is a hugely popular example of the importation of the Cuban contradanza into European art music?

"Habanera" from Bizet's opera, Carmen

What is an example of the interaction between advancing technology and qualitative nostalgia in popular music?

"I wish Elvis Presley's estate would re-master his early recordings to get rid of that 'slap-back' echo."

Which song recorded by the Paul Whiteman Band sold 2 million copies and featured the Swanee whistle (slide whistle), a novelty that helped sell the record?

"Whispering"

If a piece of music contains several verses that tell a story sung to repeating musical material, it would be best described as what?

A strophic ballad.

Which songwriter and hillbilly pioneer traveled on song-collecting trips, copyrighting the final versions of songs that he or she found and arranged?

A.P. "Doc" Carter

The basic features of the blues form include which of the following?

All on the above

From which stream of influence does the "high lonesome sound" commonly heard in country music hail?

Anglo-American stream

Which jazz musician famously said, "Ain't no sense in playing a hundred notes if one will do"?

Armstrong

What is true about black southern gospel music?

Artists were expected to perform sacred music only and not to indulge in "dirty" music like the blues.

What is another common name for the "bridge" of a Tin Pan Alley song?

B selection

John Philip Sousa was famous for composing what type of ensemble?

Brass band

What is the "B" section of a song in AABA form also called?

Bridge

Which legendary French-born superstar of tango was inspired by operatic bel canto singing and the criollo songs of the Argentine gauchos?

Carlos Gardel

Which Tin Pan Alley composer studied music at elite institutions such as Yale, Harvard, and the Scola Cantorum in Paris?

Cole Porter

What is "critical listening?"

Consciously seeking meaning in music by drawing on knowledge about both musical and historical elements.

Which ensemble recorded "Dippemouth Blues?"

Creole Jazz Band

What new form of singing arose specifically because of the availability of electric microphones?

Crooning

Which singing style emerged soon after the invention of the electronic microphone?

Crooning

What is true of Bing Crosby's recording of "How Deep Is the Ocean"?

Crosby constantly varies his dynamics within individual phrases.

Which white banjo virtuoso lead the Virginia Minstrels?

Daniel Emmett

In which of the following genres did Charley Patton NOT write music?

Dixieland

What famous singer first revealed the commercial possibilities of sound recording?

E. Caruso

George and Ira Gershwin wrote many songs in the 1920s and 30s that have since become "majors," or songs that have remained in active circulation more or less continuously since their original publication. True or false?

False

Jim Europe's band was famous for the standard repertoire, but famous potential patrons, such as Vernon and Irene Castle, bemoaned their inability to play complex syncopations. True or false?

False

The term "race music" was a derogatory label intended to put a stop to the spread of blues music. True or false?

False

The term rumba refers to a repeated rhythmic pattern used in Latin American music. True or false?

False

Tin Pan Alley was technically a stretch of a street in the heart of the 19th century music publishing industry: Nashville, Tennessee. True or False?

False

Which of the following stanzas uses the structure most closely associated with the twelve-bar blues?

Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today Feelin' tomorrow like I feel today I'll pack my grip and make my getaway

Which crooner released the hit "My Blue Heaven" in 1927?

Gene Austin

Which early 1900s composer advised aspiring songwriters to keep their melodies to a limited range "so that even a baby could hum them"?

Harry von Tilzer

Which of the following is true about songwriter Stephen Foster? - He embraced both genteel traditions and less highly regarded by popular traditions such as minstrelsy. -In addition to being a songwriter, he was a master brewer and created the recipe for Foster's Premium Ale. - He was known for his flashy guitar solos. - He led the Florida Minstrels. - He wrote the song, "After the Ball."

He embraced both genteel traditions and less highly regarded but popular traditions such as minstrelsy.

Which of the following became the first nationwide commercial radio network in 1926?

National Broadcating Company (NBC)

All of the "classic" blues singers-Hunter, Waters, Rainey, and Smith-at least started out performing in what type of venue?

Nightclubs

Which is the best definition of "strophe?"

One repetition of verse-and-chorus within a song's structure.

Which group recorded the first jazz record in 1917?

Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Who lead the Ambassador Orchestra, the most successful dance band of the 1920s?

Paul Whiteman

Which is the correct term for music that features multiple differing rhythms going on at the same time?

Polyrhythmic

Which of the following is the best description of vaudeville?

Popular theatrical form in which a series of performers presented one after another without an overarching narrative theme.

Which of the following pieces is widely considered Gershwin's greatest work?

Porgy and Bess

What did the music industry call recordings from the 1920's until the late 1940's that were made by African Americans artists and produced mainly for sale to African American listeners?

Race records

"The Preacher and the Bear" (1905) was a recording of a:

Religious allegory

A repeated pattern designed to generate rhythmic momentum is called what?

Riff

Which country blues artist's guitar playing was so remarkable that stories circulated claiming he sold his soul to the devil?

Robert Johnson

Which singer or ensemble is best understood as a forward-looking musician whose guitar stylings anticipated later developments in 20th-century rock and blues music?

Robert Johnson

Which of the following was an influential ragtime pianist and composer? - Enrico Caruso - Bill Bailey - John Philip Sousa -Charles Cros - Scott Joplin - F. Tur D'Ball

Scott Joplin

What show by Kern and Hammerstein was the first Broadway show to seriously address racial issues?

Show Boat

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 string band did James Gideon Tanner lead?

Skillet Lickers

Who was the most influential songwriter of American popular song during the 19th century?

Stephen Foster

Which Latin dance style did Irene and Vernon Castle and movie star Rudolph Valentino help popularize in the early 20th century?

Tango

Which film released in 1927 became the first to exploit sound successfully?

The Jazz Singer

Which of the following is true about the classic blues?

The classic blues included artists like Bessie Smith, Alberta Hunter, and Ethel Waters.

What was the first form of musical and theatrical entertainment regarded by European audiences as distinctively American in character?

The minstrel show

Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "Irving Berlin, born into extreme poverty among the Russian Jews who fled an anti-Jewish pogrom in 1892, was first brought widespread acclaim by the song 'Blue Skies.'" True or false?

The statement is false because "Alexander's Ragtime Band" was Berlin's first hit.

Consider the statement: "Musicians like Al Jolson, Pat Boone, and Bessie Smith were more popular during their lifetimes than in subsequent generations, but their contributions to music paved the way for the more enduring legacies of musicians like Louis Armstrong and Chuck Berry."

The statement is false because Bessie Smith belongs in the category of enduring legacies alongside Armstrong and Berry.

Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "Stephen Foster, the most influential popular songwriter of the 19th century, sold over 100,000 copies of his biggest hit, 'Oh! Susanna." -The statement is false because Foster's biggest hit was "Old Folks at Home," not "Oh! Susanna." - The statement is false because Foster's biggest hit sold over 10,000 copies, but nowhere near 100,000. - The statement is false because Foster was not alive during the 19th century. -The statement is true.

The statement is false because Foster's biggest hit was "Old Folks at Home," not "Oh! Susanna."

African American slaves used language about Canaan, the promised land in the Bible, as a cod when planning to escape their bondage and flee to the northern states or Canada. True or False

True

Although he began his career in the more modest vein of the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers, Woody Guthrie's difficult life experiences led him to take an overtly political mindset in his songwriting. True or false?

True

Consider the following statemen: "Vernon Dalhart, a Texas-born light opera singer, cashed in on the growing popularity of hillbilly music with a recording in 1924 and launched a new career as a highly successful country singer." True or false?

True

Consider the following statement: "African slaves in the Americas drew on a rich variety of cultural traditions from a huge region of the African continent to create a coherent, resilient culture of their own, which included an array of musical genres and styles including story songs, instrumental pieces used to accompany dances, and spirituals." True or False?

True

Consider the following statement: "Many dance bands in the 1920s specialized in one of three main categories, "hot", "sweet", and "Latin" True or false?

True

Consider the follwing statement and choose if true or false: "Vernon and Irene Castle, who are credited with attracting millions of middle class Americans into ballroom classes while expanding the stylistic range of popular dance, emulated publishers of sheet music by breaking down complex traditions into simplified versions that required little formal training to replicate."

True

In most performances of early "minstrel shows," the performers were exclusively white. True or False?

True

Louis Armstrong's final hit record broke the top 40 in 1988, several years after the musical legend's death. True or false?

True

Scott Joplin, a native Texan, got his first job as a pianist as a cafe in St. Louis. True or False?

True

The advent of the "revue," which featured sequences of skits, songs, and dances, were an obvious post WWI successor to vaudeville. True or false

True

While "classic blues" songs typically have similar structures and harmonic patterns, rural blues songs employ a much broader range of forms and styles. True or false?

True

By the turn of the 20th century, what form of popular theater became the most important medium for popularizing Tin Pan Alley songs?

Vaudeville

Which couple were arguably the biggest media superstars of the years around WWI?

Vernon and Irene Castle

Which artist called himself the "Father of the Blues," wrote hits such as "Memphis Blues" and "St. Louis Blues," and was the most influential of the classic blues composers?

W.C. Handy

Which of the following became the conductor of the US Marine Band?

John Philip Sousa

Which of the following was not an influential Tin Pan Alley composer?

John Philip Sousa

Which of the following is true about Al Jolson's 1921 recording of "April Showers"?

Jolson is accompanied by an orchestra that plays an elaborate and decorative accompaniment suitable to the flowery sentiments of the song.

Which Cuban musician wrote a song that was later picked up by Louis Armstrong?

Justo (Don) Azpiazu

Paul Whiteman self titled himself the:

King of jazz

The music industry's discovery of black music can be traced to a set of recordings made in the early 1920's by which black vaudeville performer?

Mamie Smith

In which city was Tin Pan Alley locate?

NY

Which statement about Paul Whiteman's life and career is NOT true? - He made a conscientious endeavor to hire musicians of color in his orchestra and to celebrate the African American roots of jazz music. - Many religious and political authorities fiercely criticized Whiteman's attempt to bring jazz across America's radical divide. - Whiteman's "Ambassador Orchestra" had a streak of amazing popularity in record sales that remains unmatched in the entire history of American music.

He made a conscientious endeavor to hire musicians of color in his orchestra and to celebrate the African American roots of jazz music.

Which of the following is NOT true about James Reese Europe? - He was born into a middle-class family in Alabama and moved to Washington, D.C., in 1889. - He was a cornet played and leader of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. - He was the musical director for Vernon and Irene Castle. - He was the musical director for several all black vaudeville revues.

He was a cornet played and leader of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.

Whatstatement about T.D. Rice's life and work is NOT true?

He was the first African American performer of minstrel music.

From 1999 to 2009, what drastic shift changed the music industry?

Internet based digital sales technologies, such as Apple's online iTunes store.

For which of the following was Mario Bauza known?

Introducing authentic Afro-Cuban music to the United States

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

What is a true statement about the Afro-Cuban rumba?

It accompanies dance featuring sexual role-playing and was originally suppressed by Cuban authorities.

Which of the following is true about the tango? - It developed during the late 19th century in Buenos Aires, Argentine. - It was introduced to Atlanta during the 1880s. - A typical instrumentation of a 1920s tango orchestra included the banjo, Swanee whistle (slide whistle), and a South American instrument called the vuvuzela. - It was made famous by the film star Al Jolson. - It blended Austrian waltzes, Polish mazurkas, Hawaiin hula dancing, and the Mexican sword dance.

It developed during the late 19th century in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Which of the following is true about the country blues?

It emerged in the Mississippi Delta and was first recorded in the 1920s

Which of the following is true about the diddley bow?

It is a musical instrument adapted from the African one-stringed zither.

Which of the following is true about Brazilian bossa nova music?

It was popularized in the U.S. by songs like "The Girl from Ipanema."

Which artist established the myth of the outcast (i.e., the resourceful, lone wanderer) in songs, like "Waiting for a Train," that has proven to be a potent force in country music up to the present time?

Jimmie Rodgers

Which is the best-known of the English "ballad operas"?

John Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera'

Consider the following statement and choose the best response: While John Philip Sousa's performing ensemble made two dozen hit phonograph recordings, Sousa himself did not direct them, as he held recorded music in low esteem." - The statement is flase because Sousa's performing ensemble did not make any phonograph recordings. - The statement is true. - The statement is false because Sousa didn't have a performing ensemble, he was a solo performer. - The statement is false because Sousa loved recorded music and enthusiastically directed phonograph recordings whenever possible.

The statement is true.

What is a key difference between recordings of Al Jolson and Bing Crosby?

The vocal style known as "crooning" made recordings by Crosby feel much more intimate than those by Jolson.

Which of the following types of popular 19th century dance was initially regarded as a threat to public morality due its indecorous exhibition of intimacy between men and women?

The waltz

Which of the following is true about African American ballads of the 19th and early 20th centuries?

They celebrated the exploits of black heroes and "bad men."

Which of the following is generally true about Tin Pan Alley songs?

They did not deal directly with the troubling issues of the 1920s and 1930s: racism, massive unemployment, and the rise of fascism in Central and Eastern Europe.

What role did song pluggers play in the music industry from the 19th century until the 1920s?

They promoted songs and convinced big stars to perform them.

Who invented the phonograph?

Thomas Alva Edison

Which white actor invented the minstrel character "Jim Crow?"

Thomas Dartmouth Rice

"Timbre" is used to descrive the quality or "tone color" of a given sound. True or False?

True