Music History Exam IV

Country music centers on a singer playing a _____________.

Of the following, who was not a member of Les Six?

Of the following, which does not characterize the blues?

Of the following musicals, which features music by Leonard Bernstein?

With whom did Aaron Copland and other American composers study in Paris?

Which song launched rock and roll nationally?

In the 1930s, what new role emerged in the jazz world?

Who composed the music for Show Boat?

For his major operas, Virgil Thompson collaborated with _____________?

The New Orleans jazz form is similar to what classical structure?

Of the following, which characterizes bebop jazz?

Who composed Appalachian Spring?

Big bands are divided into which three sections?

Benny Goodman is known for his work in this genre.

Of the following, who was a prominent folk singer from the 1940s and 1950s?

Which composer is known for works employing tone clusters at the piano?

Of the following, which work was composed by Prokofiev before he returned to the Soviet Union?

What characterized Tin Pan Alley songs after 1910?

Ellington began to garner national attention while working at The Cotton Club

Which group is associated with Acid Rock?

How does rhythm-and-blues differ from traditional blues?

Which member of Les Six incorporated jazz into the ballet La Création du Monde?

Ruth Crawford Seeger gave up composition for which activity?

Of the following, which was the leading patron of composers in the US after World War II?

W. C. Handy is known for his work in this genre.

In what way does big band music differ from New Orleans jazz?

Of the following, which is true of Irving Berlin?

Who is associated with Gebrauchsmusik?

Of the following, who stayed in Germany during the Nazi regime?

Gershwin’s first attempt to combine jazz and classical tradition was:

King Oliver and Louis Armstrong moved from New Orleans to

Shostakovich was attacked in Pravda for which work?

Of the following, who is associated with cool jazz?

Motown is associated with which city?