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20 Cards in this Set
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What were the three streams of tradition that became the sources of American popular music?
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European American, African American, and Latin American.
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"Quality of a sound or tone color"
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Timbre
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A short, repeated melodic or rhythmic pattern designed to generate rhythmic momentum.
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Riff
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Inventions that have shaped popular music and helped disseminate it.
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Phonograph record, computerized sampling, internet-based radio, and network radio.
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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.
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Stephen Foster.
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The most prominent bandleader and band composer at the turn of the twentieth century, and known as "The March King."
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John Phillip Sousa.
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Who was the most famous composer of ragtime music at the turn of the 20th century?
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Scott Joplin
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In which American city was Tin Pan Alley located?
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New York
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Why is the jazz style exemplified by New Orleans jazz bands sometimes referred to as "collective improvisation"?
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The band members all simultaneously embellish their parts with personal touches.
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During the early twentieth century, Jewish immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe played an important role in the music business as _______.
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Composers, lyricists, performers, and publishers.
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Who was the Tin Pan Alley composer who wrote "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Blue Skies," "White Christmas," and "God Bless America"?
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Irving Berlin
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Who was the target for Tin Pan Alley lyrics?
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White middle class.
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Which of the following artists is NOT a Tin Pan Alley composer?
George Gershwin Irving Berlin Cole Porter Richard Rogers Thomas Dartmouth Rice |
Thomas Dartmouth Rice
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True or False:
Bing Crosby was known as a "crooner." |
True
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True or False:
Jazz originally developed in Nashville |
False
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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. |
True
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True or False:
Paul Whiteman was known as "The King of Jazz" |
True
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True or False:
In the 1920s, network radio and "sound film" became important for promoting popular music. |
True
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True or False:
"I Got Rhythm" was written by Louis Armstrong. |
False
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True or False:
Al Jolson was a famous blues guitarist. |
False
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