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1
During the late 19th century, what steadily increased in "classical" compositions?
A)chromaticism
B)complexity
C)form
D)all of the above
2
What "hot" new music appeared around 1897?
A)jazz
B)ragtime
C)twelve-tone music
D)stride piano
3
The basic form of ragtime evolved from:
A)sonata-allegro form
B)theme and variations
C)the march
D)none of the above
4
The high-stepping plantation dance that was featured as a "finale" in minstrel shows is called a:
A)rag-step
B)quick-step
C)cakewalk
D)Charleston
5
In ragtime the right hand plays a highly syncopated melody while the left hand plays:
A)block chords
B)an alberti bass
C)a regular duple meter accompaniment
D)a walking bass line
6
Scott Joplin was known as:
A)a great concert pianist
B)the "ragtime" king
C)stride pianist for Bessie Smith
D)being a freed slave who played piano well
7
Who was the most popular fox-trot composer of his day?
A)Scott Joplin
B)Jelly Roll Morton
C)James Reese Europe
D)Paul Whiteman
8
What contributed to the demise of ragtime music?
A)it became too complex
B)it ran its course
C)the Great Depression began
D)all of the above
9
By the 1890s nearly every major music publishing business was located on or near 28th Street in New York. This street became affectionately known as:
A)Broadway
B)280 9th Street
C)Tin Pan Alley
D)none of the above
10
People who demonstrated popular songs for a living are called:
A)songsters
B)demo guys
C)stretcher machines
D)song pluggers
11
The part of a s ong that tells the story is called the:
A)refrain
B)chorus
C)break
D)verse
12
A popular performing ensemble for Tin Pan Alley songs were:
A)chorus girls
B)song pluggers
C)Barbershop quartets
D)movie stars
13
"Alexander" was a common name applied to whom during the Tin Pan Alley days?
A)a composer
B)a vaudeville singer
C)the leader of a black jazz band
D)none of the above
14
Who was one of the best-loved, most popular and longest living American songwriters?
A)George M. Cohan
B)Irving Berlin
C)Jelly Roll Morton
D)Eubie Blake
15
Of the 1,500 songs that Irving Berlin composed, how many still remain in print?
A)1,000
B)1, 500
C)500
D)800
16
Irving Berlin was the composer of this, the most recorded song of all time:
A)Love Me Tender
B)Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-de-Ai
C)White Christmas
D)Alexander's Ragtime Band
17
It wasn't until this performer performed "Swanee" that brought George Gershwin into demand:
A)Ira Gershwin
B)Mae West
C)Al Jolson
D)Arthur Gershwin
18
Which performer introduced Cole Porter's "Night and Day?"
A)Al Jolson
B)Bessie Smith
C)Fred Astaire
D)Yvone DeCarlo
19
When ASCAP enforced a strike against the major radio networks, what new licensing agency was developed to take its place?
A)BMI
B)SESAC
C)ARPRS
D)PACAN
20
When a composer changes key it is called:
A)rotation
B)mode transfer
C)modulation
D)tonal planning





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