Mus 5 Final 2

Front 1

What were the three streams of tradition that became the sources of American popular music?

Back 1

European American, African American, and Latin American.

Front 2

"Quality of a sound or tone color"

Back 2

Timbre

Front 3

A short, repeated melodic or rhythmic pattern designed to generate rhythmic momentum.

Back 3

Riff

Front 4

Inventions that have shaped popular music and helped disseminate it.

Back 4

Phonograph record, computerized sampling, internet-based radio, and network radio.

Front 5

America's first great popular and full time professional songwriter. He wrote some 200 songs and supported himself by his trade from 1850 until his early death in 1864.

Back 5

Stephen Foster.

Front 6

The most prominent bandleader and band composer at the turn of the twentieth century, and known as "The March King."

Back 6

John Phillip Sousa.

Front 7

Who was the most famous composer of ragtime music at the turn of the 20th century?

Back 7

Scott Joplin

Front 8

In which American city was Tin Pan Alley located?

Back 8

New York

Front 9

Why is the jazz style exemplified by New Orleans jazz bands sometimes referred to as "collective improvisation"?

Back 9

The band members all simultaneously embellish their parts with personal touches.

Front 10

During the early twentieth century, Jewish immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe played an important role in the music business as _______.

Back 10

Composers, lyricists, performers, and publishers.

Front 11

Who was the Tin Pan Alley composer who wrote "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Blue Skies," "White Christmas," and "God Bless America"?

Back 11

Irving Berlin

Front 12

Who was the target for Tin Pan Alley lyrics?

Back 12

White middle class.

Front 13

Which of the following artists is NOT a Tin Pan Alley composer?

George Gershwin
Irving Berlin
Cole Porter
Richard Rogers
Thomas Dartmouth Rice

Back 13

Thomas Dartmouth Rice

Front 14

True or False:
Bing Crosby was known as a "crooner."

Back 14

True

Front 15

True or False:
Jazz originally developed in Nashville

Back 15

False

Front 16

True or False:
ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) is a licensing and copyright agency that was set up to control the flow of profits from the sale, performance, and broadcast of popular music.

Back 16

True

Front 17

True or False:
Paul Whiteman was known as "The King of Jazz"

Back 17

True

Front 18

True or False:
In the 1920s, network radio and "sound film" became important for promoting popular music.

Back 18

True

Front 19

True or False:
"I Got Rhythm" was written by Louis Armstrong.

Back 19

False

Front 20

True or False:
Al Jolson was a famous blues guitarist.

Back 20

False