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1900s Music Test

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ragtime music was mostly intended for what instrument?

(a)  

2.

Who was the "King of Ragtime"?

(a)  

3.

This songwriter started out as a vaudeville actor with my family made patriotic music popular in the 1910s, wrote over 300 songs (grand old flag, yankee doodle), and became known as the man who owned broadway.

a)

Andrew Loyd Webber

b)

Steven Sontheim

c)

George Cohan

d)

Buddy Bolden

4.

Buddy Bolden combined gospel, blues, ragtime, and marches to create what style of music?

(a)  

5.

What instrument did Buddy Bolden play?

(a)  

6.

What genre of music did Gustav Mahler compose?

(a)  

7.

Why was Mahler's music banned during WWII?

a)

He was old

b)

He was Jewish

c)

He did not live in the USA

d)

He only played one instrument

8.

Who is the "March King"?

(a)  

9.

This Italian composer wrote operas that are still preformed to this day including La Boheme Tosca and Madame Butterfly

a)

Guiseppe Verdi

b)

Antonia Vivaldi

c)

Giacomo Puccini

d)

Ludwig Van Betethoven

10.

How did people listen to music in this decade?

(a)  

11.

One song still heard today?

(a)  

12.

One invention from this decade?

(a)  

13.

Name one historical event during the 1900s.

(a)  

14.

Name 1 US President from the 1900s

(a)