Historical Events
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution made the sale, transport, and manufacture of liquor illegal.
What is the 18th Amendment (or Prohibition)?
He is the "Father of the Blues" and wrote the song "St. Louis Blues."
Who is W.C. Handy?
This technique involves a leader singing or playing a short passage, followed by another musician or group singing or playing something in reply.
What is call-and-response?
Name one famous Broadway composer from the 1920s.
Who is:
-George Gershwin
-Ira Gershwin
-Richard Rodgers
-Irving Berlin
This dance was performed by the youth of the 1920s and was initially seen as wild and inappropriate by older generations.
What is the Charleston?
These 2 major events preceding the 1920s were devastating upon the global community and led to people wanting to just have fun in the '20s. (List both events)
What are the Spanish Flu Epidemic and WWI?
This common song form is used frequently in the Blues.
What is the 12-bar blues?
This musical concept involves emphasizing the weak beats and often has an uneven feel.
What is syncopation?
Country music was a blend of these two genres.
What are "hillbilly" music and Western/cowboy music?
This musician discovered Louis Armstrong and mentored him to become a great musician.
Who is King Oliver?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed American women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment (Women's Suffrage)?
These are the themes typically present in Blues songs.
What are pain, resilience, and triumph?
This cornet/trumpet player was hugely influential from the 1920s through the 1960s.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This city was considered the hub of country music and housed the Grand Ole Opry.
Where is Nashville, Tennessee?
This design movement focused upon futuristic architecture and materials like chrome and plastic.
What is the Art Deco movement?
This term was developed to describe young women in the 1920s who wore their hair cut short, wore loose-fitting dresses, smoked cigarettes, danced to jazz, and behaved in other rebellious ways deemed inappropriate at the time.
Who is Ma Rainy?
This technique involves singing nonsense syllables, often to imitate other instruments in a band.
What is scat-singing?
He is considered to be the "Father of Country Music."
Who is Jimmie Rodgers?
This city was the location of the very first publicly broadcast radio station, KDKA.
African American culture, music, art, theater, and innovation flourished during a cultural phenomenon centralized in which city?
Where is Harlem?
He had a very short recording career, was a blues guitarist, and influenced many musicians to this day.
Who is Robert Johnson?
In which city did jazz originate?
Where is New Orleans, Louisiana?
Audiences were appalled by this ballet, composed by Igor Stravinsky.
What is the "Rite of Spring?"
This technique involves composing a melody on the spot.
What is improvisation?