Final Exam

Question 1

10 pan alley was …… in the 60s

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still alive and well

Question 2

brill building

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home to several music publishers

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Brill building songwriting team

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Hal David and Burt Bacharach

Question 4

Main vocalist of Brill Building

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Dionne Warwick

Question 5

characteristics of Hal David and Burt Bacharach

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• wide melodic leaps
• unusual chords and chord progressions
• irregular rhythms
• unconventional forms

Question 6

What years were an artistic commercial high point for broadway

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1955-1965

Question 7

most of pre rock musicals were about what?

Answer 7

long ago/ far away

Question 8

rock era musicals were about what?

Answer 8

present/ recent past

Question 9

most revolutionary musical

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Hair

Question 10

Hair Musical

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embodies countercultural attitudes in almost every aspect

Question 11

Andrew Loyd Webber

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• most commercially successful musical theater composer of rock era
• musical theaters British Invasion

Question 12

Stephen Sondheim

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• most versatile composer of this generation

- total integration of song and story was his trade mark

Question 13

2 reaction to be-bop

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1) cool jazz

2) avant-guarde/ free jazz

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Avant-Guarde

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• more complex than be-bop

- sometimes no chordal instrument

Question 15

John Coltrane

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“chasing the Trane”

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Jazz Rock

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• Miles Davis
• Put out 2 albums in 1969
• 1st called “in silent way”
• 2nd called “bitches brew”
• right of passage to be in his band

Question 17

Instrumentation for jazz rock

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piano, guitar, electric bass, drums, extra percussion

Question 18

Fusion

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Weather report: Jaco Pastirous

• electric bass virtuoso
• “bird lana”

Question 19

Wynton Marsalis

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started a neotraditional movement in jazz in the 80s

“cherokee”

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Latin Jazz person

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chick corea

“So in love”

Question 21

Rock music in 1970s

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• became an industry

- both broadcast and recording industries were structured to ensure maximum profitability

Question 22

Stadiums and large arena concerts…

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become common place

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AOR

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Album Oriented Radio

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Biggest star of 70s

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Elton John

• Bernie Topin was primary lyricist
• likes to use huge ensemble

Question 25

Led Zeppelin

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- most successful, innovating, influential rock bands in history - Robert Plant was lead singer

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Van Halen

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took guitar to a new level in late 70s and 80s

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Bruce Springstein

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- heavily in debt to both bob Dylan and Rolling Stones | - music reworked and expanded on music of the 60s

Question 28

Punk rock

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emerged in London and New York in mid 70s | -Remones

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musical characteristics of punk rock

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-fast, loud, unvarying

Question 30

Southern Rock

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

Question 31

Singer songwriters

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- most of these songs retained tin pan alleys characteristics 1) James Taylor 2) Joni Mitchel 3) Paul Simone 4) Carole King

Question 32

Carole King

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- "you've got a friend" | - most frequently recorded songs of rock era

Question 33

Nashville sound

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- Was a marriage of country and pop

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Nashville

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Nashville also becomes the recording center for country music

Question 35

During the 70s and 80s country music....

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made substantial inroads into the pop charts

Question 36

Two main reasons for country music making substantial inroads into the pop charts

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1) Election of Jimmy Carter as president | 2) Radio stations began to devote their format entirely to country music

Question 37

What happened while Carter was in White House

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White house became a major venue for country performers

Question 38

The Traditionalists

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reacted against Nashville sound

Question 39

The Traditionalists mid 60s

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- Bakersfield, California | - Buck Owens

Question 40

The Traditionalists 70s

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- Austin, Texas | - Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings: 1976 album, “Wanted: Outlaws” was the first million selling country album

Question 41

George Jones

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- His career began in the 50’s and resurged in the 70’s - His wife’s name was Tammy Wynette "The Grand Tour"

Question 42

Kenny Rogers

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Nashville sound artist

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Who led a neo-traditional movement in country music in 80s

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Ricky Skaggs

Question 44

Dolly Parton

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She has become country music’s biggest celebrity

Question 45

What kind of songs are most common in country music

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story telling songs

Question 46

Early 70s rock split into what

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1) Rock | 2) Funk (16 beat)

Question 47

what genre does not use 16 beat

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country music

Question 48

James brown

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conception was his emphasis on rhythm with out the addition of extra rhythm instruments

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earth wind and fire

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-founded by Maurice White | "shining star"

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Sly and the family stone

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-sly stone is leader -music is extension of James browns music "Africa talks to you"

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George Clinton

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-mastermind between 2 important bands 1) parlament 2) funkadelic -recruited 3 key personnel from James brown band "give up the funk"

Question 52

both sly stone and George Clinton listened seriously to

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James Browns music

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Stevie Wonder

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-of all African American pop artists I the 70s, no one ensued more commercial success

Question 54

1977

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- disco went mainstream with Saturday night fever | - disco is 120 beats per minute

Question 55

in the early 80s the makes stars were

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Michael jackson and Prince

Question 56

Michael Jackson

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- thriller came out in 1982 - Quincy jones was producer of thriller - Requests of videos from thriller caused MTV to integrate playlists

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Prince

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- often only musical source of his recordings | - draws on the full range of Rock era styles

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Madona

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- rely on team - been known as queen of pop since 80s - popularity was second to Michael jackson

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Rap

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- the voice becomes a percussion instrument | - most distinctive style to emerge since rock and roll