Unit 8 History

Movie Gershwin wrote music score for

Jazz that originated in New Orleans

Emotional genre of Jazz

Jazz with the largest band

King of Pop

First full body picture of Elvis was on this TV Show in 1964

This style of jazz is happy and usually contains no vocals

Jazz that is fast, has an uneven tempo and difficult rhythm

Considered the 1st Rock n Roll Song in 1954

Associated with Dixieland Jazz

Most mainstream style of Jazz

Died from a brain tumor at age 38

Minimalist composer responsible for early rap

Jazz made for a traveling band

Most famous musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber

The King of Rock n Roll

Smallest band in jazz like 'Big 4'

Associated with the Blues

When the accent is on the weak beat

Elvis was not shown full body on TV due to this

You cannot dance to this style of jazz easily

This style of music is almost always sung because it has a story

Scale used most often in Jazz

Wrote the librettos for Gershwin

Which is NOT a member of the Beatles?

Piano Concerto that made jazz 'legitimate' music

Jazz is considered

Write modern 'operas'

Big Band is associated with

Phenomenon where Americans were crazed about music from the UK

Popular soundtrack that added serialism, or classical music first

Classical genre that is repetitive with small, unrecognizable changes

Vocal Improvisation is called

First "Boy Band", from UK, had 4

Earliest rap track, minimalism

Means to create music as you go

Classical composer that brought Jazz to the concert hall

Prohibition caused these hidden bars to open

First American Opera

Our Modern Mozart is

Rock n Roll Song that had a string quartet

First popular Rap Song

Puffy Cheeks