history of rock and roll exam 1
LECTURE 1 Popular Music Before
Rock n Roll Exam 100% Correct!!
Life in America before rock and roll - ANSWERNo radios,TVs, CDs, tapes ETC...
IF YOU WANT TO hear music play it yourself.
Local music will have? - ANSWERMinstrel shows
what was White America like? - ANSWERParents would choose what the family listened to
what was Black America like? - ANSWERStill slaves.
Music on the plantation in the fields and on the front porch
Music during "spiritual meetings"
Not much money for musical instruments so they used their voice.
Traveling Minstrel shows (1830-1900) date not important. - ANSWER
What is the Traveling Minstrel Show? - ANSWERTraveling Mistrel shows is the 1st Indigenous form of
American entertainment. Such as Comic Skits, Variety Acts, dancing and music.
Who were the performers of the Minstrel shows? - ANSWERPerformed by White People in BLACK
FACES.
How were the African Americans portrayed in Minstrel shows? - ANSWERThey see them as ignorant,
lazy, joyous and musical, very racist.
He is a White American composer in the minstrel tradition "Camptown Races" (1850) "Old Kentucky
Home" (1853)
He also told performers not to mock slaves but garner SYMPATHY. - ANSWERSteven Foster
__________ district in Manhattan? - ANSWERTin Pan Alley
it dominated the music publishing industry, sound of pianos and different tunes at once like banging
on "tin cans" - ANSWERTin Pan Alley
Who were the two composers of the TIN PAN ALLEY? - ANSWERIrving Berlin and George Gershwin
What is Crooning?
What else do you need in order to be heard? - ANSWERCrooning is a smooth singing style based on
opera but quieter.
You need a microphone in order to be heard.
Who is the first multimedia star who sang "White Christmas" using crooning style? - ANSWERBing
Cosby
LECTURE 1 Popular Music Before
Rock n Roll Exam 100% Correct!!
Life in America before rock and roll - ANSWERNo radios,TVs, CDs, tapes ETC...
IF YOU WANT TO hear music play it yourself.
Local music will have? - ANSWERMinstrel shows
what was White America like? - ANSWERParents would choose what the family listened to
what was Black America like? - ANSWERStill slaves.
Music on the plantation in the fields and on the front porch
Music during "spiritual meetings"
Not much money for musical instruments so they used their voice.
Traveling Minstrel shows (1830-1900) date not important. - ANSWER
What is the Traveling Minstrel Show? - ANSWERTraveling Mistrel shows is the 1st Indigenous form of
American entertainment. Such as Comic Skits, Variety Acts, dancing and music.
Who were the performers of the Minstrel shows? - ANSWERPerformed by White People in BLACK
FACES.
How were the African Americans portrayed in Minstrel shows? - ANSWERThey see them as ignorant,
lazy, joyous and musical, very racist.
He is a White American composer in the minstrel tradition "Camptown Races" (1850) "Old Kentucky
Home" (1853)
He also told performers not to mock slaves but garner SYMPATHY. - ANSWERSteven Foster
__________ district in Manhattan? - ANSWERTin Pan Alley
it dominated the music publishing industry, sound of pianos and different tunes at once like banging
on "tin cans" - ANSWERTin Pan Alley
Who were the two composers of the TIN PAN ALLEY? - ANSWERIrving Berlin and George Gershwin
What is Crooning?
What else do you need in order to be heard? - ANSWERCrooning is a smooth singing style based on
opera but quieter.
You need a microphone in order to be heard.
Who is the first multimedia star who sang "White Christmas" using crooning style? - ANSWERBing
Cosby
