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1

What early popular piano style predating instrumental jazz shows clear roots in European classical music forms?
A)French
B)Freestyle
C)Ragtime
D)Crossover
2

Who wrote the operas The Guest of Honor and Treemonisha?
A)Jelly Roll Morton
B)Scott Joplin
C)Paul Whiteman
D)Cecil Taylor
3

Name the jazz cornetist/composer who was influenced by the music of French impressionistic composers.
A)Bix Biederbecke
B)Paul Whiteman
C)Gene Goldkette
D)Benny Goodman
4

What bandleader, self-promoted in the 1920s as the "King of Jazz," helped to popularize George Gershwin’s music and the concept of symphonic jazz?
A)Paul Whiteman
B)Gene Goldkette
C)Glenn Miller
D)Bix Biederbecke
5

Classical music composers Aaron Copeland, Bela Bartók, and Paul Hindemith all accepted commissions from what swing era bandleader?
A)Woody Herman
B)Artie Shaw
C)Duke Ellington
D)Benny Goodman
6

What noted and versatile American composer composed Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs for Woody Herman's big band?
A)Aaron Copeland
B)Paul Hindemith
C)Leonard Bernstein
D)George Gershwin
7

Name the jazz composer who first introduced jazz scores for full-length films.
A)J. J. Johnson
B)Duke Ellington
C)Oliver Nelson
D)Jimmy Smith
8

_________ coined the term "Third Stream."
A)Gunther Schuller
B)J. J. Johnson
C)Milton Babbit
D)Charles Mingus





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