Author Question: What is significant about Louis Armstrong's work during the swing era? a. he led the most ... (Read 34 times)

jrubin · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

What is significant about Louis Armstrong's work during the swing era?

a. he led the most successful big band of the era
b. his playing was at its technical prime during this era
c. he broke the race barrier by hiring a few white soloists in his big bands
d. he preserved the Dixieland style of jazz rather than adopting swing

Question 2

The stile concitato is:

a. a type of vocal expression somewhere between song and declaimedspeech.
b. an agitated style particularly suited to warlike music. c. chamber music, both vocal and instrumental, performed at the dinner table.
d. music marked by grand scale and strong contrast between various vocal andinstrumental ensembles.