Having performed in both styles, Ma Rainey, sometimes called Madame Rainey and the mother or the queen of the blues, taught Blank______, who became perhaps the most famous of all classic blues singers.Multiple choice question.Bessie SmithLucille HegaminIda GoodsonRosa Henderson

______, one of the most imitated and influential classic blues singers and composers, established something of a link between early rural blues and sophisticated blues performances recorded for commercial distribution.Multiple choice question.Gertrude "Ma" RaineyRobert JohnsonPaul WhitemanBessie Smith

Although Blank______, the African American bandleader and composer who called himself "father of the blues," hardly invented the form, he certainly led it into the world of commercial popular music.Multiple choice question.Fats WallerWilliam C. HandyPaul WhitemanJelly Roll Morton

The "father of the blues" was ________Blank.Multiple ChoiceScott JoplinLouis ArmstrongGeorge GershwinW. C. Handy

Which of the following statements related to classic blues is true?Multiple choice question.The early classic blues singers were mostly women.In contrast to country blues lyrics, which concerned love—especially love "gone wrong"—classic blues lyrics concerned a wide range of topics.Classic blues singers accompanied themselves, usually on guitar or banjo.Classic blues was less professional, less stylized, and less universal than rural blues.

The efforts of the teaching ministers were supplemented, and eventually assumed, by talented amateur musicians, who became known as Blank______.Multiple choice question.KapellmeistersOrganist and Master of the Choristerssinging school masterssessions musicians