Exam 2 Flashcards
The term ‘acculturated’ basically means a blending of cultures.
True
In the 1800’s there were many famous singing families. One family famous for its Reform Songs was the…
Hutchinsons
Which of the following is an example of a cowboy song?
- Amazing Grace
- Oh Susannah!
- Home on the Range
- Yankee Doodle
Home on the Range
The ‘father of music education’ and the first American to really profit from music in America was…
Lowell Mason
Which of the following is an example of a minstrel show tune?
- I wish I was in dixie
- The yellow rose of Texas
- Battle Hymn of the Repub.
- Oh Susannah
- 4.
The Fisk Jubilee Singers started out singing what?
Light classical music
A song by Daniel Emmet that was popular during the civil war was called Oh Susannah
False
Minstrel shows united America in their own way, like TV today
True
PT Barnum made a clever marketing scheme for Jenny Lind’s American Tour.
True
Gottschalk’s pieces The Banjo, Le bananier, and Bamboula are all examples of
Virtuosic pieces
Character pieces
Pieces built from American folk songs
Which of the following composers was not trained in Europe, but in America?
Beach
Theodore Thomas founded the New York Philharmonic Society
False
The MacDowell company served to be a place where artists of all kinds could spend uninterrupted summers working on their art
True
Louis Moreau Gottschalk was the first American born and American trained concert pianist
False
Whom of the following was not a Tin Pan Alley composer?
Fred Astaire
Eventually, any light, happy, bouncy music with syncopation was called ragtime
True
Song pluggers worked in Tin Alan Alley by…
Performing songs for potential customers
Who was known as the King of Ragtime
Scott Joplin
Ragtime was originally…
Improvised music
Which composer was not a member of the Second New England school of composers?
Gottschalk
Irving Berlin wrote strictly Jewish songs that appealed only to Jewish audiences
False
Which was not a characteristic of shape-note singing?
Meant to be performed for an audience
Sousa’s main goal was to educate his audiences.
False
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of Gershwin’s songs?
Overly suggestive lyrics
Which of the following is a characteristic of ragtime?
Acculturated music
Structured form similar to marches
Hot rhythms. Syncopated
Tin Pan Alley music developed a uniform style that included characteristics such as
Piano prelude and postlude
Catchy chorus
Chorus verse/format
The cultural combination of the Free People of Color and the lower classes was an extremely important in the development of jazz
True
Which of the following was not a characteristic of Classic Blues?
Generally accompanied by a guitar
Out of the instruments listed below, which instruments were part of a New Orleans Jazz Band? Banjo Guitar Clarinet Trombone Trumpet
1,3,4,5
Sidney Bechet played which instrument?
Clarinet
Typically, women sang classic blues
True
Jenny Lind was often called…
The Swedish Nightingale
The first Dixieland jazz recording was made by an all white band, the original Dixieland jazz band
True
Which piece that you heard imitates animals?
Livery Stable Blues
What is not a characteristic of early blues music?
Homogenous sound ideal
Which instrument did Buddy Bolden play?
Trumpet
What was Louis Armstrong not known for?
Skill on the trombone
What is not a characteristic of bebop music?
Large group of musicians
Which group popularized and acculturated African American spirituals?
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Theodore Thomas’ main mission was to bring classical music to the American public
True
Musicians who performed in big bands could more then likely read music
True
Duke Ellington made carefully orchestrated pieces and put room for individual solos in his pieces
True
Which jazz musician composed jazz concert music?
Ellington
Who is often considered Americas most prolific composer?
Ellington
Which piece that we listened to utilized gut bucket trumpet
Concerto for Cootie
The silent theme tradition was one where musicians improvised on harmony instead of melody
True
