Popular Music In The Americas Test
A quiz for school.
- 1.The british-protestant slave-holding colonist influenced music in america by:
- A.
Banning drumming among slaves
- B.
Allowing work songs to be sung if it helped get work done
- C.
Forcing slaves to attend church and learn european hymns
- D.
All of these choices
- 2.African musical retentions in the united states:
- A.
Contributes to the development of the modern violin
- B.
Remain dominant components of american popular music
- C.
Are dominated by traditional african instruments
- D.
Are rarely found in popular music today
- 3.Historians believe that the earliest european music played in north america included:
- A.
Christian church music
- B.
Plantation songs
- C.
Parlor songs and folk songs
- D.
Opera
- 4.Shape note singing is best described as a:
- A.
Way of encouraging voices to blend together by emphasizing bel canto singing
- B.
A style of parlor song singing
- C.
Style ofd singing that emphasized the pronunciation of clear vowels and consonants
- D.
Simplified form of musical notation where different shapes represent different pitches
- 5.What did stephen foster call his version of minstrel show songs?
- A.
Pleasure garden songs
- B.
Bay psalms book
- C.
Broadside ballads
- D.
Ballad collections by cecil sharp and francis james child
- 6.Stephen foster
- A.
Hymns and patriotic songs
- B.
Minstrelsy
- C.
Tin pan alley
- D.
Parlor songs
- E.
Band music
- 7.William billings
- A.
Hymns and patriotic songs
- B.
Minstrelsy
- C.
Tin pan alley
- D.
Parlor songs
- E.
Band music
- 8.John philip sousa
- A.
Hymns and patriotic songs
- B.
Minstrelsy
- C.
Tin pan alley
- D.
Parlor songs
- E.
Band music
- 9.Who was theodor adorno?
- 10.Name one reason that ASCAP was formed.
- 11.What is ethnic novelty song?
- 12.Subordinate culture
- 13.Hybridity
- 14.Vernacular tradition
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