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Q: The Great Depression had little impact on the performing arts.
Q: Radio underwent enormous growth during the 1920s.
Q: Irving Berlin was a successful Tin Pan Alley composer.
Q: Which work by Gershwin was billed as a radical new approach to a uniquely American art music? a. Rhapsody in Blue c. the Concerto in F b. Lady Be Good d. An American in Paris
Q: _____ was the center of music publishing by the late nineteenth century. a. New York City c. Boston b. Chicago d. Los Angeles
Q: Gershwins Summertime is in _____ form. a. strophic c. da capo b. A-B-B d. verse-chorus
Q: Gershwins Summertime suggests: a. an Italian aria. c. an operatic recitative. b. a ragtime song. d. an African American spiritual.
Q: Porgy and Bess is set in: a. Harlem. b. a South Carolina tenement. c. New York City. d. New Orleans.
Q: George Gershwin described _____ as a folk opera. a. Porgy and Bess c. An American in Paris b. My Fair Lady d. Rhapsody in Blue
Q: Where did Gershwin grow up? a. Chicago b. Paris c. Manhattan d. London
Q: What was George Gershwins first big hit song? a. Rhapsody in Blue c. I Got Rhythm b. Swanee d. Lady Be Good
Q: Someone who demonstrated and sold sheet music on Tin Pan Alley was known as: a. a song plugger. b. a song pitcher. c. an A&R representative. d. a session musician.
Q: In America during the Roaring Twenties: a. women gained the right to vote. b. alcohol was banned. c. the popularity of radio and film increased. d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Which American musician introduced ragtime and early jazz styles to France during World War I? a. James Reese Europe c. Duke Ellington b. Irving Berlin d. George M. Cohan
Q: Which early-twentieth-century songwriter composed the wartime hit Over There? a. Irving Berlin c. George Gershwin b. George M. Cohan d. John Philip Sousa
Q: Irving Berlins first hit song was: a. Hinky Dinky Parlez Vous. b. Summertime. c. When Johnny Comes Marching Home. d. Alexanders Ragtime Band.
Q: The center of music publishing in New York was called: a. Broadway. c. Washington Square. b. Tin Pan Alley. d. Wall Street.
Q: How does the music of William Grant Still reflect the traditions of European and African American music?
Q: Discuss the relationship of William Grant Stills music to the Harlem Renaissance.
Q: The third movement of William Grant Stills Suite for Violin and Piano resembles stride piano.
Q: Augusta Savage was the most important literary figure associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
Q: William Grant Still and other musicians worked to break down the long-standing prejudice against all black artists.
Q: The third movement of William Grant Stills Suite for Violin and Piano is based on Sargent Johnsons Mother and Child.
Q: William Grant Stills Suite for Violin and Piano reflects his ties to the Harlem Renaissance.
Q: William Grant Still moved to Los Angeles and composed music for television.
Q: William Grant Still composed only instrumental works and avoided opera.
Q: Duke Ellington composed the first symphony by an African American to be performed by a major American orchestra.
Q: William Grant Still had an extensive background in jazz but no training in the European tradition.
Q: The Harlem Renaissance highlighted African American intellectual life in the 1920s and 1930s.
Q: The authors of The New Negro encouraged black artists to look to New York for inspiration.
Q: Harlem is located in: a. Chicago. c. Paris. b. New York City. d. Detroit.
Q: Which piano style evolved from ragtime and features a regular four-beat pulse with left-hand chords on the second and fourth beats? a. jazz c. boogie-woogie b. stride d. all of the answers shown here
Q: William Grant Still was born in: a. France. c. Germany. b. the United States. d. South Africa.
Q: How many movements make up Stills Suite for Violin and Piano? a. one c. three b. two d. four
Q: What musical style inspired William Grant Stills Suite for Violin and Piano? a. Baroque c. avant-garde b. blues d. Harlem Renaissance
Q: The third movement of William Grant Stills Suite for Violin and Piano was inspired by: a. a poem by Langston Hughes. c. a sculpture by Augusta Savage. b. a painting by Sargent Johnson. d. a novel by Ralph Ellison.
Q: _______ was the first African American composer to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra. a. William Grant Still c. Louis Armstrong b. Duke Ellington d. James Reese Europe
Q: In his early years, William Grant Still was associated with which artistic movement? a. the Harlem Renaissance c. Impressionism b. abstract expressionism d. the avant-garde
Q: Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday performed in Harlem at the: a. Cotton Club. c. Cocoanut Grove. b. Club DeLux. d. Ambassador Hotel.
Q: The most important literary figure associated with the Harlem Renaissance was: a. Langston Hughes. c. Alain Locke. b. Ralph Ellison. d. George Schuyler.
Q: The Harlem Renaissance was inspired by a book of essays entitled: a. The Harlem Renaissance. c. The New Negro. b. Invisible Man. d. Weary Blues.
Q: Which of the following was referred to as the greatest Negro city in the world during the 1920s? a. New Orleans c. Chicago b. Harlem d. Los Angeles
Q: During which decade did the Harlem Renaissance begin? a. 1900s c. 1920s b. 1910s d. 1930s
Q: Discuss the influence that New Orleans had upon early jazz.
Q: Describe the roots of jazz and blues.
Q: Euro-American vernacular traditions had no influence on the development of jazz.
Q: Billies Blues is a sixteen-bar blues.
Q: By the turn of the twentieth-century, male singers accompanied by a steel-string guitar performed country blues.
Q: A ring shout is a communal song that synchronized the rhythm of work.
Q: Because she was an African American, Billie Holiday never had a chance to record with white jazz musicians.
Q: Louis Armstrong was an important force in the development of early jazz styles.
Q: New Orleans jazz depended on simultaneous improvisations by the players, which resulted in a polyphonic texture.
Q: Jazz is an art form that was created mainly by African Americans in the early twentieth century and blended elements from African music with traditions of the West.
Q: A single statement of a melodic-harmonic pattern, like a twelve-bar blues, is called: a. a chorus. c. bebop. b. a chord progression. d. jazz.
Q: What was Billie Holidays nickname? a. Satchmo c. Bird b. Lady Day d. the Queen of Soul
Q: In the years after the Civil War, country, or rural, blues arose in: a. Chicago. c. the Piedmont. b. New Orleans. d. the Mississippi Delta.
Q: The standard harmonic progressions for blues songs are also called: a. chord changes. c. blue notes. b. charts. d. ring shouts.
Q: Religious rituals that involved moving in a circle while praying, singing, and clapping hands are known as: a. work songs. c. ring shouts. b. spirituals. d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Communal songs that synchronized the rhythm of work are known as: a. ring shouts. c. spirituals. b. work songs. d. blues.
Q: Billie Holiday was one of the first African American singers to: a. sing and record the blues. b. lead her own band. c. perform in Carnegie Hall. d. break the color barrier by recording and performing with white musicians.
Q: Billie Holidays song Billies Blues is in _____ form. a. twelve-bar blues c. thirty-two-bar popular song b. sixteen-bar blues d. ritornello
Q: Louis Armstrongs instrumental-like approach to singing is called: a. work songs. c. scat-singing. b. ring shouts. d. holler.
Q: Which instrument did Louis Armstrong play? a. trumpet c. clarinet b. trombone d. piano
Q: Louis Armstrong was also known as: a. Jelly Roll. c. King. b. Hot Lips. d. Satchmo.
Q: Where did slaves meet in pre-Civil War New Orleans to dance to the accompaniment of drums, gourds, mouth harps, and banjos? a. Congo Square b. Storyville c. the French Quarter d. the Garden District
Q: Jazz gained momentum through the fusion of various musical styles in which city? a. New York c. New Orleans b. Chicago d. Los Angeles
Q: Blues vocal lines feature melodic pitch bending, also known as: a. bent notes. c. blue notes. b. blue tones. d. bent tones.
Q: Which of the following best describes the form of a blues text? a. A-B-A c. A-B-C b. A-A-B d. A-B-B
Q: Which musical style is sometimes referred to as American classical music? a. jazz c. rock and roll b. country-western d. blues
Q: Which of the following popular American musical styles has/have roots in both West African and Euro-American music? a. ragtime c. jazz b. blues d. all of the answers shown here
Q: Discuss Stravinskys musical innovations heard in The Rite of Spring.
Q: Why is The Rite of Spring considered a multimedia work?
Q: The Ballets Russes had limited impact on the dance world outside of Paris.
Q: Nijinkskys choreography for The Rite of Spring was considered very old fashioned when the piece debuted in 1913.
Q: Igor Stravinsky was an impresario who founded the Ballets Russes.
Q: Because the music of The Rite of Spring was tied to the unpopular choreography, it has been seldom played in the twentieth century.
Q: Stravinsky enlarged the orchestra for The Rite of Spring by increasing the number of wind and percussion instruments.
Q: Stravinskys greatest contribution to the art music of the twentieth century is thought to be his development of the twelve-tone method.
Q: Stravinsky utilized many compositional styles throughout his career.
Q: The Russian composer Igor Stravinsky lived for many years in France and eventually became a U.S. citizen.
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