Music Appreciation Exam 1 (1900-1930)

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Who wrote the song "You're a Grand Ole Flag"?

• Louis Armstrong
• Bessie Smith
• George Cohan
• Gustav Mahler

Who was considered the "March King", wrote Stars and Stripes Forever, and toured with the United States Marine Band for most of his career?

• John Philip Sousa
• Buddy Bolden
• Giacomo Puccini
• Scott Joplin

What is improvisation?

• When musicians make up their part as they go
• Musicians playing music together
• Jazz
• Musicians reading exactly what is written on the page

What are the qualifying factors of Ragtime?

• It is piano music where the left hand plays a steady rhythm and the right hand plays a syncopated melody
• Intense and personal lyrics, with scoops and slides
• Several instruments playing different improvised melodies all at the same time
• Usually played by big bands, meant for dancing

Who is considered the "King of Ragtime"?

• Duke Ellington
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Scott Joplin
• Billie Holiday

Which composer wrote a ballet that started a riot?

• Irving Berlin
• Gustav Holst
• Bessie Smith
• Igor Stravinsky

What was the name of that ballet?

• Purple Rain
• Rite of Spring
• Spring Rites
• The Nutcracker

Who wrote the musical suite, The Planets

• Irving Berlin
• Gustav Holst
• Bessie Smith
• Igor Stravinsky