Question 14 

pts
Popular music in America, defined as music created for a commercial purpose, dates
from:
Group of answer choices

1840 (pre Civil War times).

1776 (the Declaration of Independence).

1620 (the Pilgrims).

1929 (the Great Depression).

 
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Question 24 pts
Popular music in America in its earliest form is mostly derived from African Influences,
folk music from the British Isles, and:
Group of answer choices

dance styles with animal themes (i.e. foxtrot).

upper- and middle-class European music (i.e. "Woodman, Spare That Tree").

New Orleans style jazz (i.e. "Hotter than That").

marches and military music performed by concert bands (i.e. "Stars and Stripes
Forever").
 
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Question 34 pts
Three of Americas' greatest composers born in the 19th Century would include Stephen
Foster, Scott Joplin, and:
Group of answer choices

Louis Armstrong.

Al Jolson.

John Philip Sousa.

Fred Astaire.
 
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Question 44 pts
Early blues recordings from the 1920's would likely include all of the following except:
Group of answer choices

a vocalist accompanied by a symphony orchestra.

call and response singing.

improvisations.

slightly flattened notes refered to as "blue notes".

 
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Question 54 pts
Jazz emerged in New Orleans around 1900 as a new form of popular music derived
from all of these earlier styles except:
Group of answer choices

ragtime.

the blues.

spirituals.

rock & roll.