Genres
John Philip Sousa wrote many of these.
What is a March?
This trumpet player was known for "freak" music and making their instrument talk.
Who is Joseph "King" Oliver?
This person was known as the "March King"
Who is John Philip Sousa?
John Philip Sousa, the conductor of the US Marine Band for ____ years.
What is 12 years?
This was music education before it was formalized.
What are Singing Schools?
This genre of music originated with the African American Community.
What is Jazz?
This musician was known for scatting and singing "What a Wonderful World".
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This person was known specifically for Ragtime Music
Who is Scott Joplin?
What instrument did Joseph "King" Oliver play?
What is the trumpet?
Music in duple meter for piano originally.
What is Ragtime?
A negative state of mind expressed in lyrics that follow a formula AAB.
What is the Blues?
This musician is known as a Master of the Swing/Big Band Style.
Who is Duke Ellington?
This person was a student of King Oliver's.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
What are Singing Schools?
A negative state of mind expressed in lyrics.
What is the Blues?
Music in duple meter, for piano originally. Originally dance music.
What is Ragtime?
This musician was the CEO of Blues.
Who is Bessie Smith?
This man was responsible for advocating music education in the Boston City schools in the 1830s.
Who is Lowell Mason?
This style of Jazz originated in New Orleans and was the first ever type of Jazz
What is Dixieland/New Orleans?
The combination stylish, well-executed arrangements with hard driving jazz rhythms.
What is Swing?
This type of Jazz is known by its fast tempo and conflicting rhythms.
What is Bebop?
This famous musician is associated with the Bebop Jazz era.
Who is Dizzy Gillespie?
This person was the queen/CEO of Blues.
Who is Bessie Smith?
This singer had parents who were a Baptist minister and church choir singer.
Who was Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton?
Creating and performing spontaneously or without preparation.
What is improvisation?