Spirituals and "Art" Music
This was rooted in African musical traditions and reflects a communal style of singing where a leader sings a line or phrase, and the congregation or group repeats or answers it.
Call and Response
A typical blues has this number of bars
12
This feature gave Ragtime it's name.
The characteristic "ragged" rhythm, specifically the syncopation, or "off-beat" rhythm, that defines the music
This city was the birthplace of jazz.
New Orleans
In the early 20th century hundreds of thousands of Black Americans left the Jim Crow South for industrial cities in the North. This was known as what?
The Great Migration
This 1944 ballet by Copland, featuring the song “Simple Gifts,” celebrates pioneer life.
Appalachian Spring
Minstrel shows were racist due (among other appalling elements) to this.
White actors in blackface
This opera by Gershwin caused a lot of controversy, some claiming it was perpetuating negative stereotypes.
Porgy and Bess
Which is an example of swing A or B
B (Take the A Train)
In 19th-century New Orleans, Creoles of color (free men)were often trained in this European musical tradition.
Classical, or "Art" music
Bending the pitch is called this.
Blue note
The "Maple Leaf Rag" was perhaps his most famous composition.
Scott Joplin
Armstrong invented this type of singing
Scat
This Harlem club featured segregated audiences despite showcasing Black performers.
The Cotton Club
A key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, this composer worked as an arranger before focusing on classical music
William Grant Still
This variety show format, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, included comedy, music, dance, and novelty acts.
Vaudeville shows
Rogers and Hammerstein actively challenged racism through their musicals, most notably this one
South Pacific
Which of these is a rag?
Both!
A - Europe: Castle House Rag
B - Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag
The coded lyrics in this song advised escaping slaves to use streams to cover their scent from tracking dogs.
Wade in the Water
She was known as the "Empress of the Blues".
Bessie Smith
This military man organized the "Clef Club", a society for black musicians or those in the music industry.
James Reese Europe
His unique mixture of strict arrangement and improvised solos, and being the first to notate jazz, led him to claim he invented jazz
Jelly Roll Morton
One of the most influential musicians to come out of the swing era.
Duke Ellington
His "Afro-American Symphony" fused this form with classical elements
12 bar blues
In the late 1800's-early 1900's, theatres moved from Lower Manhattan up to the Times Square area (along Broadway) due to this factor
Cheaper rents
This Rogers and Hammerstein song almost got the show banned for "promoting racial integration:.
You've Got to be Carefully Taught
Which is a Jelly Roll Morton composition, A or B?
A. Black Bottom Stomp
The line “Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home” was interpreted as a message about this.
escape via the Underground Railroad
He was the first to notate blues songs, bringing Southern blues to a wider audience.
W.C.Handy
Ragtime performer who claims to have invented jazz.
Jelly Roll Morton
This northern city became a hub for Black culture, business, and nightlife.
Chicago
Nicknamed “Bird,” this alto saxophonist was one of bebop’s most important innovators.
Charlie Parker
Trail-blazing composer on several fronts, first to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra.
Florence Price
This new invention allowed for nighttime performances, which fostered the whole social phenomenon of the Broadway show experience
Electric lighting
This composer (and conductor) was a staunch liberal and consistent supporter of civil rights.
Leonard Bernstein
Which of these was written by a woman - A or B
B. Florence Price "Juba Dance" from her symphony
This famous composer (among others) merged classical and African American spirituals, known as "Art Music".
William Grant Still
His raw guitar playing and heartfelt lyrics helped lay the foundation for the genre.
Charlie Patton
This was the main instrument of ragtime.
Piano
Bands grew in size, written arrangements were emphasized, recording studios helped disseminate the music of this era, largely developed in Chicago
Swing - the Swing Era
The exploitation of Black musicians, as well as the WWII draft, paved the way for this new style in NYC
BeBop
The 3rd movement of her symphony features this dance that was part of slave culture.
Juba Dance
Considered to be the first musical, due largely to a happy accident involving stranded French dancers showing a lot of leg.
The Black Crook
Bernstein fused jazz, classical and Latin elements in this reimagined Romeo and Juliet tale, set in 1950's NYC, highlighting gangs, violence and racism.
West Side Story
Which song overtly addresses racism - A or B?
A - America from West Side Story