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WorksheetsPopular music from Minstrel to Jazz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who is known as the "father of American music" and composed songs like "Oh! Susanna" and "Camptown Races"?
Stephen Foster
E.P. Christy
Johann Sebastian Bach
Elvis Presley
What dominated music sales during the mid-19th century?
Sheet music
Digital downloads
Vinyl records
Streaming services
E.P. Christy was known for popularizing which minstrel group?
Christy's Minstrels
Foster Minstrels
American Minstrels
Dreamer Minstrels
What type of shows were most popular performers of the late 19th century involved in?
Minstrel shows (blackface shows)
Opera performances
Rock concerts
Jazz festivals
What experience did minstrel shows help create in the 19th century?
The modern "concert" experience
The music video experience
The radio broadcast experience
The music streaming experience
Scott Joplin is an early composer and developer of what kind of music?
Early Blues originated in what part of the United States?
Who invented the phonograph record player?
What type of music dominated the period from the late 1890's through the 1940's?
What was the name of the important Jazz club in New York?
What was the name of the important Jazz club in New Orleans in the early 1900's?
French Opera House
What was the name of the important Jazz club in Chicago (that is still open!)
Who was the bandleader at the Cotton Club in NY?
What invention in the mid-1920's allowed singers with soft voices to be recorded effectively?
By the late 1920's, what type of singer became the most popular of the 1930's-1940's?
Who were three of the biggest names in Crooning in the early 1930's?
Teddy Pendergrass, Joey Vinton, Jelly Roll
Bing Crosby, Rudy Vallée, Russ Columbo
Nat King Cole
Jerry Vale, Steve Henderson
Jerry Springer, Biff Henderson, John Lennon
What became the most popular way to listen to music in the 1930's due to the Depression?
One of the most important aspects of Jazz is the ability of musicians and singers to do what to songs?
While Jazz was still king in the 1930's, what 2 types of music were evolving and becoming more popular?
Minstrel and Electronic
Rock and roll and Reggae
Hillbilly and Blues
Disco and Blues
What was changing most in the style of Blues and Hillbilly which led to its increased popularity?
Less spiritual and more secular (Song about more than just religion)
Better costumes
Railroad travel
Louder speakers
