1530 potential questions for Test #1 2011-12 Better answers will refer to particular music examples discussed in class.

For ten marks, discuss how the parlour song tradition related to class, race and gender. For ten marks, discuss the context in which honky tonk music emerged and how it differed both musically and lyrically from earlier forms of country music. For ten marks, define what is meant by the term Anglo-Celtic ballad and discuss its constituent parts. For ten marks, write a short essay that discusses the functions of music. For ten marks, discuss the salient characteristics of folk music. For ten marks, discuss the concept of authenticity and how it might apply to string bands from the 1920s, the marketing of Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams. For 10 marks, itemize and discuss the important dates pertaining to recording technology up to the end of the 1920s. For 20 marks, discuss the advent of black-appeal radio stations. For 20 marks discuss the concept of African retentions and how they played out in North America. For 20 marks, write an essay that outlines the history of minstrelsy and coon songs. Be sure to discuss both musical and sociological aspects of the phenomenon. For 20 marks, write an essay that discusses the pre-conditions for the rise of rhythm and blues. Be sure to refer to the TED principle. For 20 marks, discuss why the recording industry did not record southern vernacular musics such as country and blues for several decades. Be sure to also discuss when this changed and what brought about this change.