This earliest style of blues typically involves a solo male singer.
What is country blues?
100
The genre of music that produced catchy hits on 28th St. in New York.
What is Tin Pan Alley?
100
One of the best examples of the classical and jazz blend, Gershwin's piece was commissioned by Paul Whiteman.
What is Rhapsody in Blue?
100
The Office of War Information was established in 1942 by this President of the United States.
Who is FDR?
100
The composer of Fanfare for the Common Man.
Who is Aaron Copland?
200
This famous big band leader expanded jazz pieces, used unusual tone colors, and voiced across sections.
Who is Duke Ellington?
200
This is a list that represented the most popular songs, debuting in 1936 by The Billboard magazine.
What is Chart Line?
200
This term describes a new, innovative approach to long-standing musical elements, employing dissonant counterpoint.
What is ultramodernism?
200
Oliver Wallace composed a satirical short for Disney propaganda. This famous song from the short became the title of the cartoon and went on to win the Academy Award.
What is Der Fuehrer's Face?
200
This style originated as a jazz piano style with a heavy, bouncy left-hand pattern and syncopated right-hand melodies.
What is boogie-woogie?
300
The term for a technique popularized by Count Basie in which musicians would discuss their ideas for a piece, using riffs, and storing them in their head.
What is head arrangement?
300
Oklahoma was an important broadway musical written by this duo after Hart dropped out.
Who are Rodgers and Hammerstein?
300
This American composer of French birth was best known for his experimental music, treating the percussion family as the focus of a piece.
Who is Edgard Varese?
300
This famous crooner recorded "I'll Be Home for Christmas" to boost morale of the soldiers.
Who is Bing Crosby?
300
The section in a piece of music where a soloist is able to improvise and show off his/her virtuosity. Exemplified in Rhapsody in Blue.
What is cadenza?
400
This is the position that Glenn Miller was awarded in the U.S. Army.
What is captain?
400
The first translated production of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess was staged by this opera company despite being under Nazi occupation.
What is the Danish Royal Opera?
400
She had an inspiration to offer daytime concerts in the National Gallery, organizing and performing in many lunchtime performances.
Who is Myra Hess?
400
This act, instituted by the American Federation of Musicians in 1942 wanted instrumentalists to benefit when radios played their records.
What is the Petrillo Ban?
400
This chord progression is heard at the end of "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition," used often in church music.
What is plagal cadence?
500
The drummer would typically keep the beat using this instrument in bebop combos.
What is the ride cymbal?
500
Warner Brothers revealed the Vitaphone (sound-on-disc) technology with this feature film in 1926, the year before the Jazz Singer.
What is Don Juan?
500
Eugene Goosens commissioned pieces for the war. They were all featured during a span of these year(s).
What is 1942-1943?
500
This University established the first college program in music therapy.
What is Michigan State?
500
The short tag utilized in Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" is derived from notes in this popular song.