WorksheetsDuke Ellington
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 3hrs 0mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of genre is this reading?
a)
Fiction
b)
fantasy
c)
non-fiction
d)
historical fiction
2.
Who gave Edward Kennedy Ellington the nickname, Duke?
a)
His parents
b)
His classmate
c)
His Sister
d)
Harvey Brooks
3.
When Duke was in elementary school, what activity did he enjoy?
a)
baseball
b)
paino
c)
orchestra
d)
go to dances
4.
Who inspired Duke to want to start playing the piano again?
a)
his paretns
b)
his classmate
c)
his sister
d)
Harvey Brooks
5.
What was different about this music?
a)
his played only classical music
b)
he changed rules and expressed freely
c)
he only wrote short pieces of music
d)
he wore flashy clothes
6.
What happened first in the following events
a)
he wrote for Carnegie Hall
b)
he Performed for the High School
c)
He quit his lessons
d)
He met a waiter who took him to see ragtime
7.
What was the name of his band?
a)
Washingtons
b)
Kentucky Club
c)
Cotton Band
d)
Duke's Band
8.
How old was Duke when he began producing sophisticated arrangements of his own? (use math)
a)
19
b)
34
c)
22
d)
28
9.
How was Duke's band able to spread their music to people all over the world?
a)
Live broadcast on TV
b)
downloads form Iternet
c)
Live broadcast on the radio
d)
play at local clubs in Washington
10.
What are "extended compositions?"
a)
much louder than other music
b)
another name for ragtime
c)
much longer than other ones
d)
another name for different arrangements
11.
Why did President Nixon honor him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
a)
for helping other free from slavery
b)
for being the first African American Musician
c)
for playing music for 70 years
d)
for expresing freely in music pieces
12.
What happened SECOND in the following events?
a)
he toured the world
b)
he made movies
c)
he met Harvey Brooks
d)
He composed the song, "Soda Fountain Rag"
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