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Unit 5 Music

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What were the two terms mostly used in the record industry between the 1920's and the 1940's? Race and Hillbilly Records
Which audience was Race Records targeted toward Black audiences
What was the audiences targeted by Hillbilly music? White audiences
What was the presumption during the 1920's when purchasing music? People brought music according to their race
Where did both Race Records and Hillbilly Records originate? In the Rural South
How were Race Records and Hillbilly Records based off of? Long-standing folk traditions
How were Race Records and Hillbilly Records spread? Migration
Hillbilly Music is also known as? Country and Western Music
Were Hillbilly musicians professionals? No
What was the primary instrumentation for Hilbilly music Voice and acoustic guitar
Where did Hillbilly music develop out of? British folk songs and ballads
What was Hillbilly Music influenced by? Minstrelsy, Vaudeville, Tin Pan Alley, & Black Musical Backgrounds
What were the two themes of Hillbilly music? (Hearth, home, and family values) & (Restless wandering and hard living)
Who made up the Carter family? Doc Carter (leader), his wife and his sister-in-law
What were the tasks the Carter family did in music? Collected and re-worked material from both Black and White musicians in order to copyright the material
Which song by the Carter Family was adapted from a Black Minster and eventually turned into Woody Guthrie's "This land is your land" Little Darling Pal of Mine
About how many recordings did The Carter Family provide to companies between 1927 and 1941? Over 300 recordings
What two Carter Family songs have themes relating to hearth, home and family values? Can the Circle be Unbroken & You Are My Sunshine
Who inspired the Carter family's guitar playing? Lesley Riddle
Who is known as the Father of Country Music? Jimmie Rogers
True or False Jimmie Rogers was heavily influence by Black musicians? True
Who incorporated Tin Pan Alley influences with howls and yodels in their songs? Jimmie Rogers
When did Jimmie Rogers exist from? 1897-1933
What were Jimmie Rogers songs about? Sexual messages, and cultivated the images of a footloose rambler/ hard drinker
What are two examples of songs by Jimmie Rogers? Blue Yodel No. 2 & Blue Yodel Number 9 (1929)
True of False; while the South was deeply segregated at this time Black and white musicians often collaborated and appeared on recordings together? True
When did Woody Guthrie exist from? 1912-1967
What music did Woody Guthrie grow up listening to? Church Hymns, Outlaw Ballads, Blues, Fiddle Tunes & Popular Music
How did Woody Guthrie begin his career? Began as a Hillbilly artist
What were Woody Guthrie songs known for? Protest songs and songs about the plight of American works during the Great Depression
What were two of Woody Guthrie's songs? Pretty Boy Floyd & This Land is Your Land
When was This Land Is Your Land written? 1940
When was This Land Is Your Land released? 1951
Were County Blues performers usually men? Yes
Where did County Blues first emerge? Mississippi Delta
Who was the first recording star of Country Blues? Blind Lemon Jefferson
Who was claimed as the Country Blues artist with the greatest influence on future generations? Robert Johnson
Who was known as the Empress of the Blues Bessie Smith
Which artist helped Co-Found the Black Swan Records W.C. Handy
Which artist was known as Satchmo, Pops, and Ambassador Satch Louis Armstrong
Who is credited with the discovery of Black music? Mamie Smith
Who can be credited with the earliest appearance of the promotional term Race music? Ralph Peer (Okeh Records)
Created by: wilkinsrydellr
 

 



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