Minstrelsy Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Minstrel Show:first form of musical and theatrical entertainment to be regarded by European audiences as American in character. Minstrel Shows featured:mainly white performers who artificially blackened their skin and enacted parodies of African American music, dance, dress, and dialect. Today blackface minstrelsy is:quite reasonably regarded with embarrassment or anger. Evolution of blackface minstrelsy suggests:that this seminal form of American pop culture emerged from rough-and-tumb...

Minstrel Shows - correct answerMainly white performers who artificially blackened their skin and enacted parodies of African American music, dance, dress and dialect Stephen Foster (1826-1864) - correct answerThe father of American music First person to be the full time professional songwriter i. "Oh! Susanna" 1848 ii. "My Old Kentucky Home" iii. "Camptown Races" iv. "Way down upon the Swanee river" (old folks at home) v. "I dream of Jeannie" vi. "Beautiful Dreamer" ...

Mus505 Exam Questions and Answers Completely Solved Streams of Traditional:Sources of Popular Music - 1)European American Stream 2)African American 3)Latin Music European Stream - a)British Ballads (Barbara Allen) b)Broadsides c)Pleasure Gardens( public performance) d)English Ballads Opera (Composed music and Ballads) e)Italian Opera f)Dance Music (Square Dancing) g)European Folk Music (Immigrants) h)Religious Music African American Stream - a)Call and Response (Voice calls and...

Roots of Rock Exam Questions and Answers Solved Minstrelsy - -Traveling Entertainment, comic skits, variety acts, dancing, music -Usually done in black face -Taken over by Vaudeville Stephen Foster - -Mid 19th century -Most Successful SONG WRITER in America -Jeanie with the light brown hair AABA (32 Bar Song Form) - -Stated, restated with different words, something new, restated again with different words -Common in Tin Pan Alley -"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" Tin Pan Al...

MUS 505 Mid-Term Test Latest Update Ballad - series of repeated verses that tell a story (strophic form) Minstrelsy - First form of musical and theatrical entertainment recognized as distinctly american, Features black face and enacts parodies of african-american music, dance, dialect Early Pop Music - Stephen foster = first composer of american pop songs, Against slavery, Died in poverty because of copyright law → didn't protect composers during that time Brass Band - loud music ...

Which was not an important television show? - correct answer National barn dance What was one of the most successful groups on the Atlantic label in the mid-1950s? - correct answer The Drifters Largely through guitarist James Burton, Ricky Nelson was indebted to the music of what singer? - correct answer Elvis Presley The most popular music publisher ...

History of Rock Final Exam Questions and Answers Solved What was doo wop an outgrowth of - a capella gospel quartet tradition Which famous bands started out as doo wop bands - Drifters, the Miracles, the Four Tops, Sam Cooke Famous white songwriters who catered to black artists - Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller Who did Chuck Berry idolize? - Louis Jordan What did chuck berry sing about - teenage concerns what did chuck berry do for rock and roll - helped establish the electric gu...

APUSH KEY TERMS AND PEOPLE Chapter 11: Religion and Reform, Terms in this set (26) Individualism The practice of being on one's own, without the help of institutions, and sometimes without the help of family. American Renaissance A mid-nineteenth-century flourishing of literature and philosophy. Transcendentalism A philosophy based on individualism and an existence outside of society. Utopias Ideal communities. Socialism The liberation of workers from a capitalist system. Perfecti...

1. Syncopation occurs when: • An accent arrives in an unexpected place (Correct) 2. "Harmony" is defined as: • Multiple pitches at the same time (Correct) 3. A layered rhythmic pattern: • G roove (Correct) 4. "Meter" is defined as: • A pattern of stressed and unstressed beats (Correct) 5. _______ refers to the collection of instruments playing at any given time, while _______ refers to the tone color of a single instrument. • Texture: Timbre (Correct) 6. American Song Form is: • ...

Minstrel Show:first form of musical and theatrical entertainment to be regarded by European audiences as American in character. Minstrel Shows featured:mainly white performers who artificially blackened their skin and enacted parodies of African American music, dance, dress, and dialect. Today blackface minstrelsy is:quite reasonably regarded with embarrassment or anger. Evolution of blackface minstrelsy suggests:that this seminal form of American pop culture emerged from rough-and-tumb...