CMLT-C251 STUDY SET 2025
Omi Wise - ANSWER anonymous (strophic Appalachian folk song, murder
ballad)
Hound Dog - ANSWER Lieber and Stoller (strophic form, 12 bar blues)
We Can Work It Out - ANSWER McCartney and Lennon (goes from major in
the verse to minor in the chorus)
After the Ball - ANSWER Harris (old fashioned waltz time--3/4, less common
key signature in the 20th century, 5 million copies sold)
Those Wedding Bells Shall Not Ring Out - ANSWER Rosenfield (coined the
term Tin Pan Alley)
Shine On, Harvest Moon - ANSWER Bays and Norworth (vaudeville hit with
fresh lyric using language of the street)
Some of These Days - ANSWER Brooks (one of the few ABCD songs;
African American composer)
Core 'n Grato - ANSWER Cardillo and Cordiferro (written in American by
Neapolitan immigrants; originally sung by Caruso, one of the greatest singers in
the history of music)
Alexander's Ragtime Band - ANSWER Berlin (one of the first modern hits;
dotted rhythm in the melody but the line is broken up into segments; ragged
words but not so much a rag rhythm)
I Love a Piano - ANSWER Berlin (rag rhythm)
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - ANSWER McCarthy and Carroll (AABA
form)
Omi Wise - ANSWER anonymous (strophic Appalachian folk song, murder
ballad)
Hound Dog - ANSWER Lieber and Stoller (strophic form, 12 bar blues)
We Can Work It Out - ANSWER McCartney and Lennon (goes from major in
the verse to minor in the chorus)
After the Ball - ANSWER Harris (old fashioned waltz time--3/4, less common
key signature in the 20th century, 5 million copies sold)
Those Wedding Bells Shall Not Ring Out - ANSWER Rosenfield (coined the
term Tin Pan Alley)
Shine On, Harvest Moon - ANSWER Bays and Norworth (vaudeville hit with
fresh lyric using language of the street)
Some of These Days - ANSWER Brooks (one of the few ABCD songs;
African American composer)
Core 'n Grato - ANSWER Cardillo and Cordiferro (written in American by
Neapolitan immigrants; originally sung by Caruso, one of the greatest singers in
the history of music)
Alexander's Ragtime Band - ANSWER Berlin (one of the first modern hits;
dotted rhythm in the melody but the line is broken up into segments; ragged
words but not so much a rag rhythm)
I Love a Piano - ANSWER Berlin (rag rhythm)
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - ANSWER McCarthy and Carroll (AABA
form)
