How can blues singers “music” about music? Explain your answer
What will be an ideal response?
• musicians respond to singers' melodic phrases with melodic phrases that may mimic, vary, or otherwise answer another performer. When one blues singer responds to another by singing verses of his or her own, these newly composed verses use song—rather than speech—to talk to another singer.
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Match the following:
a. The Eagles b. "outlaw" movement c. Willie Nelson d. country rock e. Nashville f. "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" g. Dolly Parton h. Alabama i. "countrification" j. George Jones 1. The most popular country group of all time. 2. Successful country singer, actress, and businesswoman. 3. Popular country group that got their start as a backup band for Linda Ronstadt. 4. The most successful country crossover artist of the 1970s. 5. Country star whose career, when stalled from alcoholism, was revived with the hit song, "He Stopped Loving Her Today." 6. Center of country music. 7. Hit song for Tammy Wynette. 8. The fusion of rock and honky-tonk beats as typified in the music of the Eagles. 9. A country music style in reaction against Nashville's calculated commercialism. 10. A synthesis of country music instruments, styles, and conventions with rock's styles and conventions.
Under U.S. copyright law, a musical work is “created” when______.
a. the songwriter first conceives of the melody and lyrics b. the first live performance takes place outside of friends and family c. it is fixed in musical notation or recorded on a phonorecord d. it is first released as a commercial recording in the United States
You are responsible for marketing a new production at your local theatre. The production discusses mature material such as substance abuse and has mild language. Knowing this, you decide that the best marketing choice would most likely be to
A. advertise with posters in the local elementary school. B. produce an elaborate TV commercial for the major networks to air. C. advertise in surrounding area newspapers. D. distribute posters to area nursing homes.
Individuals such as Michelangelo, da Vinci, Luther, and Shakespeare were associated with the
A. Renaissance period. B. Medieval period. C. Reform period. D. Baroque period.