Origins
What were the two most important influences on American Folk Music?
What is Africa and Europe
This person was the "king of ragtime" and known for his "Entertainer" and "Maple leaf rag"
Who is Scott Joplin?
What style of music was meant to express or share the feelings of feeling sad or having a tough time?
What is blues?
The banjo originates from _____.
What is Africa?
This person was known for playing trumpet and improvising jazz music- he also sang with a rough and raspy voice
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Which style of music was usually played on the piano and accompanied by silent films?
What is ragtime?
What is "group" sining?
This person is credited for having started the Romantic Era of music
Who is Beethoven?
Which style of music was sung in a soulful manner and typically about religious or Biblical topics? It was usually sung in call/response settings with a choir and soloists.
What is spirituals?
List 3 traditional American instruments
Guitar, Fiddle, dulcimer, banjo, etc.
This person was one of the first to incorporate jazz into classical settings and establishments with "Rhapsody in Blue"
Which style of music was slow and usually about romance?
what is ballad?
Because African slaves didn't have resources for normal percussion in early America, they would ______ while they sing.
This person wrote music for ballets during the Romantic Era in Russia, and even included a cannon in his 1812 Overture
Who is Tchiakovsky?
Which style of music originated in New Orleans and was played as a slow procession and upbeat recession for funerals?