MUNM 287 questions well answered
graded A+
Blues Lyric Form - correct answer ✔✔3 line stanza with rhyme scheme
Field Hollers & Call and Response - correct answer ✔✔
Roots & Sources of Blues - correct answer ✔✔
Regional Styles of the Blues - correct answer ✔✔
Charley Patton - correct answer ✔✔Who is considered the "father of the Delta blues?"
Son House - correct answer ✔✔One of the original 2 or 3 blues man of the the fathers of blues.
He embodied the dictonomy of "sacred" and "Secular" music.
Robert Johnson - correct answer ✔✔A Delta blues man who supposedly sold his soul to the
Devil for his musical abilities. Not a commercial success in his lifetime, but rediscovered in the
1960s after his death, and would become one of the most well-respected early blues musicians
of the 20th century.
Characteristics of the Blues - correct answer ✔✔
"Gooba" Dust Mythology - correct answer ✔✔
, Blind Lemon Jefferson - correct answer ✔✔The first recording star of the country blues whose
music reflects a distinctive East Texas style.
12 Bar Blues form - correct answer ✔✔-break 12 bar into 3 main pieces
Bessie Smith - correct answer ✔✔African American blues singer who played and important role
in the Harlem Reniassance.
Mamie Smith - correct answer ✔✔(1883-1946) Pioneer blues singer, pianist, and black
vaudeville performer. Recorded "Crazy Blues". Success opened up record industry for African
Americans. "Queen of the Blues."
The Fisk Jubilee Singers - correct answer ✔✔-an African-American a cappella ensemble,
consisting of students at Fisk University
Spirituals - correct answer ✔✔Religious folk songs that blended biblical themes with the
realities of slavery
W.E.B DuBois - correct answer ✔✔Opposed Booker T. Washington. Wanted social and political
integration as well as higher education for 10% of African Americans-what he called a "Talented
Tenth". Founder of the Niagara Movement which led to the creation of the NAACP.
Christianity and the Slaves - correct answer ✔✔
Shaped Note Singing and Sacred Harp - correct answer ✔✔
Thomas Dorsey - correct answer ✔✔"The Father of Black Gospel"
graded A+
Blues Lyric Form - correct answer ✔✔3 line stanza with rhyme scheme
Field Hollers & Call and Response - correct answer ✔✔
Roots & Sources of Blues - correct answer ✔✔
Regional Styles of the Blues - correct answer ✔✔
Charley Patton - correct answer ✔✔Who is considered the "father of the Delta blues?"
Son House - correct answer ✔✔One of the original 2 or 3 blues man of the the fathers of blues.
He embodied the dictonomy of "sacred" and "Secular" music.
Robert Johnson - correct answer ✔✔A Delta blues man who supposedly sold his soul to the
Devil for his musical abilities. Not a commercial success in his lifetime, but rediscovered in the
1960s after his death, and would become one of the most well-respected early blues musicians
of the 20th century.
Characteristics of the Blues - correct answer ✔✔
"Gooba" Dust Mythology - correct answer ✔✔
, Blind Lemon Jefferson - correct answer ✔✔The first recording star of the country blues whose
music reflects a distinctive East Texas style.
12 Bar Blues form - correct answer ✔✔-break 12 bar into 3 main pieces
Bessie Smith - correct answer ✔✔African American blues singer who played and important role
in the Harlem Reniassance.
Mamie Smith - correct answer ✔✔(1883-1946) Pioneer blues singer, pianist, and black
vaudeville performer. Recorded "Crazy Blues". Success opened up record industry for African
Americans. "Queen of the Blues."
The Fisk Jubilee Singers - correct answer ✔✔-an African-American a cappella ensemble,
consisting of students at Fisk University
Spirituals - correct answer ✔✔Religious folk songs that blended biblical themes with the
realities of slavery
W.E.B DuBois - correct answer ✔✔Opposed Booker T. Washington. Wanted social and political
integration as well as higher education for 10% of African Americans-what he called a "Talented
Tenth". Founder of the Niagara Movement which led to the creation of the NAACP.
Christianity and the Slaves - correct answer ✔✔
Shaped Note Singing and Sacred Harp - correct answer ✔✔
Thomas Dorsey - correct answer ✔✔"The Father of Black Gospel"
