Duke Ellington

What type of genre is this reading?

• Fiction
• fantasy
• non-fiction
• historical fiction

Who gave Edward Kennedy Ellington the nickname, Duke?

• His parents
• His classmate
• His Sister
• Harvey Brooks

When Duke was in elementary school, what activity did he enjoy?

• baseball
• paino
• orchestra
• go to dances

Who inspired Duke to want to start playing the piano again?

• his paretns
• his classmate
• his sister
• Harvey Brooks

What was different about this music?

• his played only classical music
• he changed rules and expressed freely
• he only wrote short pieces of music
• he wore flashy clothes

What happened first in the following events

• he wrote for Carnegie Hall
• he Performed for the High School
• He quit his lessons
• He met a waiter who took him to see ragtime

What was the name of his band?

• Washingtons
• Kentucky Club
• Cotton Band
• Duke's Band

How old was Duke when he began producing sophisticated arrangements of his own? (use math)

• 19
• 34
• 22
• 28

How was Duke's band able to spread their music to people all over the world?

• Live broadcast on TV
• downloads form Iternet
• Live broadcast on the radio
• play at local clubs in Washington

What are "extended compositions?"

• much louder than other music
• another name for ragtime
• much longer than other ones
• another name for different arrangements