Miscellaneous
A word that means loosely "sound color"
timbre
Who invented the theremin?
Leon Theremin
Who was the best-known female performer on the theremin?
Clara Rockmore
Stage name of Robert Allen Zimmerman
Bob Dylan
Which blues singer is rumored to have sold his soul to the devil?
Robert Johnson
Pentecostalism
In its third life, the theremin became available to the average person through the distribution of _______.
schematics
Which California band used the theremin on one of their biggest hits?
The Beach Boys
Which song by Woody Guthrie mentioned the "redwood forest" and the "Gulf Stream waters"?
"This Land is Your Land"
Which ethnomusicologist first recorded the music of Muddy Waters?
Alan Lomax
Who championed the genre of "elektronische Musik"?
Karlheinz Stockhausen
What part of the US is the Moog synthesizer associated with?
The east coast
What was the name of that hit?
"Good Vibrations"
In what ways was folk a reaction to rock n' roll?
"more serious"; less mediation; less "technology"; more direct; composer/performer
Which British band famously covered "When the Levee Breaks" in 1971?
Led Zepellin
What is the name of a composer/performer who started out by helping Buchla build synthesizers?
Suzanne Ciani
What was the name of Wendy Carlos' chart-topping album?
Who is a famous activist folk singer who was born on a Cree reservation in Canada?
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Which solo Black performer had a huge influence on both the Beatles and Elvis Presley?
Chuck Berry
Who composed "The Swan"?
Camille Saint-Saëns
What is an important difference between the Moog and the Buchla synthesizers?
Moog had a keyboard & Buchla didn't, etc...
Elaine Radigue
-That it has assisted in the pursuit of so-called authenticity.
-That it has been a source of resistance to the corporate control of popular music.
What kinds of issues do blues covers bring up?
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