Identify an accurate statement about William Billings.Multiple choice question.He wrote songs to suit his own American tastes and made no attempt to imitate European sounds.He never attended singing school himself.He was unaware of the conventional relationships between consonant and dissonant sounds.He realized much profit on his tune books because of the effective copyright law in his day.

Which of the following statements is true of Mary Lou Williams?Multiple choice question.She restrained herself from composing music for the musical style called bebop.She developed a distinctive jazz sound using a clarinet lead supported by four saxophones.She brought big band music to national attention through her radio programs.She contributed to all the evolving styles of popular piano music.

Multiple Choice QuestionWhich of the following statements related to hillbilly music in the 1920s is true?Multiple choice question.As commercial radio evolved, hillbilly music proved unpopular and old-fashioned.The audience for hillbilly music continued to expand as city listeners perceived the wealth of beauty and entertainment this style offered.The commercial market required a constant supply of new pieces, and professional hill musicians were unable to adapt to this demand.The trend toward popularity and commercialization gave a significant boost to the old way of preserving hillbilly music.

Identify an accurate statement about the music composed by George Gershwin.Multiple choice question.His musical language reflected the sounds and the flavor of the blues.His musical language reflected the sounds and the flavor of jazz.His musical compositions were always extremely chromatic.His musical compositions were always composed in the key of G-flat.

Multiple Select QuestionSelect all that applyWhich of the following are accurate statements about the First New England School composers?Multiple select question.They shared the goals of teaching people to read music and to sing.Most of the simple folklike songs they composed were unsuitable for congregational singing.They relied upon old, familiar techniques and their own honest taste.Most of the simple folklike songs they composed as teaching tools excluded religious texts.

Identify a true statement about Kurt Elling.Multiple choice question.One of his outstanding compositions is a jazz setting of poems by Walt Whitman.His trumpet playing reflects a strong influence of Miles Davis.He improvised scales from India and rhythms from Africa in his compositions.He infuses jazz standards and his compositions with a Black and feminist sensibility.