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The "Dean of American Composers"
Melody group in the jazz band
20th Century Review
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Melody group in the jazz band
Front line
Backbone
Rhythm section
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The "Dean of American Composers"
Richard Strauss
Aaron Copland
George Gershwin
Scott Joplin
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Accompaniment group in the jazz band
Front line
Backbone
Rhythm section
4
The lead composer for the Impressionist movement was
Gustav Mahler
Claude Debussy
John Cage
Richard Strauss
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Verse text format
AAB
ABB
AAA
ABA
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Large jazz band (15-20 players)
Combo
Rhythm section
Front line
Big Band
7
____________ was/were derived from field hollers
Blues
Jazz
Spirituals
Bebop
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Impressionist music can be described as
Bombastic
Subdued
Dream-like
Hazy
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Serialism is the purest form of ________ music
Experiement
Classical
20th Century
Atonal
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True or False: The 20th Century was a period of slow and sparse change
True
False
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Precursor to Jazz
Spirituals
Blues
Ragtime
Bebop
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Instrument created by John Cage
Prepared Piano
Flugelhorn
Saxophone
Flobsax
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"Dixieland Jazz"
Bebop
New Orleans Style
Big Band
Swing
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"King of the Blues"
Louis Armstrong
Frank Sinatra
B.B. King
Benny Goodman
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Which of the following is a major characteristic West African music?
Call and Response
Drums
Polyrhythms
String instruments
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The new concert hall thanks to the radio
Carnegie Hall
Bathroom
Car
Living room
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Who was the face of jazz from New Orleans
Bessie Smith
Louis Armstrong
B.B. King
Ella Fitzgerald
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Small jazz band (5-8 players)
Rhythm Section
Big Band
Front line
Combo
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Adolphe Sax created the
Flute
Modern Bass Clarinet
Saxophone
Modern Trumpet
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"Empress of the Blues"
Ella Fitzgerald
Ma Rainey
Bessie Smith
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Music created through the use of unconventional sounds or instruments
Serialism
Neoclassical
Minimalism
Avant Garde
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"Classical with a New Age spin"
Neoclassicism
Impressionism
Serialism
Minimalism
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Stravinsky was known best for what musical form?
Piano works
Symphonies
Operas
Ballets
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Mostof todays popular music genres have roots in the music of
East Asia
West Africa
Western Europe
Latin America
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The "heart" of jazz
Improvisation
Scat
Swing
Syncopation