MUSC 171 Multiple Choice Questions
1. False: Vauderville was not popular in Canada
2. piano: The ________ was the most popular instrument in the middle-class
home for the creation of music before the phonograph and rado
3. The Jazz Singer: Blackface was placed as a central narrative strategy in this
1926 Hollywood hit
4. ASCAP: _______ was formed by Tin Pan Alley to regulate the performance
and royalty collection of music
5. True: White popular music skimmed off superficial stylistic elements of a type of
music originating among black musicians
6. Edison's: May Irwin was a preeminent vauderville star from Ontario who
recorded
"The Bully" for Victor in 1907 and shocked audiences
7. All of these: ______ were a staple of vauderville
8. False: The first Canadian group to record was the Belleville Kites Band, which
inspired Columbia to set up a branch in Montreal under the moniker Canadian
9. Emile Berliner: __________ developed the fiat recording disc and the idea
of paying royalties to artists
10. KDKA: ________ was the first radio station
11. False: Radio broadcasting had no effect on the sale of records in the 1920s
12. Alexander's Ragtime Band: Which of the following is not a Canadian Tin Pan
Alley song?
13. Boston to Scotland: Canadian Reginald Fessenden formed the Wireless
Telegraph Company of Canada and made a "continuous-wave" transmission
14. A stenographer's tool: Edison's tin foil cylinder phonograph was originally
intended as:
15. True: African American ragtime composer Scott Joplin was well versed in the
European piano classics
16. the blues: Robert Johnson was an early performer of
17. All of these: Tin Pan Alley borrowed musical ideas from
18. False: Emile Berliner eventually moved to Toronto in the early 20th century
where he registered the company's trademark logo, His Master's Voice
19. W.C. Handy: The "St. Louis Blues" was written by
20. False: Ferd Berfel is called the "Father of Radio"
21. recording: With the invention of ________ it was no longer necessary to have
any musical ability to re-create the sound of music
22. records: Rock 'n' roll owed its popularity to the existence of
, .
23. CPRS: The society SOCAN's original 1925 inception was called
24. Henry Burr: Among Columbia's biggest recording artists was New Brunswick
native
25 Hollywood, Broadway: ______ and ________ in the 1930s were the future
and logical entertainment outlets (venues) for Time Pan Alley songs
26. Columbia Phonograph: The leading producer of quality entertainment
cylinders was
27. guitar: The _____ was a staple instrument of both blues and country music
28. call; response: A work crew foreman uttering a musical phrase that was
answered in rhythm by the labourers in the field probably created the ____ and
29. Western swing: _________, a pseudo-country music style, became one of
the formative influences on early rock 'n' rock
30. Don Messer: The Canadian country artist best known for his radio work was
31. radio: The ______ was very important for country music in Canada
32. Don Messer and His Islanders: The most popular radio show in the
Maritimes in the 1940s was
33. Field recordings of the 1920s and 1930s brought to the public unknown
city blues musicians: False
34. ballad and story songs: Canadian country singers have continued to rely
more on _____________ than cheating and barroom songs preferred in the
U.S
35. Jimmie Rodgers: ____________ was the first real star of country music
36. country: The two basic types of blues are city and _____
37. Boogie woogie: ____ was a city blues piano style that eventually influenced
early rockers such as Jerry Lee Lewis
38. Canadian: Don Messer's jubilee was distinctly
39. Decca: By the end of the Depression, the Big Three in the recording industry
were RCA Victor, Columbia, and _________
40. True: Jukeboxes in bars were one of the major sources of entertainment in the
1930s
41. False: The term blues dates back to the U/S civil war
42. False: Don Messer was Scottish
43. False: Cowboys contributed nothing to American music; they were merely a
cultural attachment to country music to make it visually appealing to Hollywood
44. John Hammond: One of the key players in the record industry who found
more successful talent and promoted the elimination of racial barriers in music
was _____
1. False: Vauderville was not popular in Canada
2. piano: The ________ was the most popular instrument in the middle-class
home for the creation of music before the phonograph and rado
3. The Jazz Singer: Blackface was placed as a central narrative strategy in this
1926 Hollywood hit
4. ASCAP: _______ was formed by Tin Pan Alley to regulate the performance
and royalty collection of music
5. True: White popular music skimmed off superficial stylistic elements of a type of
music originating among black musicians
6. Edison's: May Irwin was a preeminent vauderville star from Ontario who
recorded
"The Bully" for Victor in 1907 and shocked audiences
7. All of these: ______ were a staple of vauderville
8. False: The first Canadian group to record was the Belleville Kites Band, which
inspired Columbia to set up a branch in Montreal under the moniker Canadian
9. Emile Berliner: __________ developed the fiat recording disc and the idea
of paying royalties to artists
10. KDKA: ________ was the first radio station
11. False: Radio broadcasting had no effect on the sale of records in the 1920s
12. Alexander's Ragtime Band: Which of the following is not a Canadian Tin Pan
Alley song?
13. Boston to Scotland: Canadian Reginald Fessenden formed the Wireless
Telegraph Company of Canada and made a "continuous-wave" transmission
14. A stenographer's tool: Edison's tin foil cylinder phonograph was originally
intended as:
15. True: African American ragtime composer Scott Joplin was well versed in the
European piano classics
16. the blues: Robert Johnson was an early performer of
17. All of these: Tin Pan Alley borrowed musical ideas from
18. False: Emile Berliner eventually moved to Toronto in the early 20th century
where he registered the company's trademark logo, His Master's Voice
19. W.C. Handy: The "St. Louis Blues" was written by
20. False: Ferd Berfel is called the "Father of Radio"
21. recording: With the invention of ________ it was no longer necessary to have
any musical ability to re-create the sound of music
22. records: Rock 'n' roll owed its popularity to the existence of
, .
23. CPRS: The society SOCAN's original 1925 inception was called
24. Henry Burr: Among Columbia's biggest recording artists was New Brunswick
native
25 Hollywood, Broadway: ______ and ________ in the 1930s were the future
and logical entertainment outlets (venues) for Time Pan Alley songs
26. Columbia Phonograph: The leading producer of quality entertainment
cylinders was
27. guitar: The _____ was a staple instrument of both blues and country music
28. call; response: A work crew foreman uttering a musical phrase that was
answered in rhythm by the labourers in the field probably created the ____ and
29. Western swing: _________, a pseudo-country music style, became one of
the formative influences on early rock 'n' rock
30. Don Messer: The Canadian country artist best known for his radio work was
31. radio: The ______ was very important for country music in Canada
32. Don Messer and His Islanders: The most popular radio show in the
Maritimes in the 1940s was
33. Field recordings of the 1920s and 1930s brought to the public unknown
city blues musicians: False
34. ballad and story songs: Canadian country singers have continued to rely
more on _____________ than cheating and barroom songs preferred in the
U.S
35. Jimmie Rodgers: ____________ was the first real star of country music
36. country: The two basic types of blues are city and _____
37. Boogie woogie: ____ was a city blues piano style that eventually influenced
early rockers such as Jerry Lee Lewis
38. Canadian: Don Messer's jubilee was distinctly
39. Decca: By the end of the Depression, the Big Three in the recording industry
were RCA Victor, Columbia, and _________
40. True: Jukeboxes in bars were one of the major sources of entertainment in the
1930s
41. False: The term blues dates back to the U/S civil war
42. False: Don Messer was Scottish
43. False: Cowboys contributed nothing to American music; they were merely a
cultural attachment to country music to make it visually appealing to Hollywood
44. John Hammond: One of the key players in the record industry who found
more successful talent and promoted the elimination of racial barriers in music
was _____
