Which of the following was one of James Reese Europe's achievements?
a. He led the first black band to be granted a recording contract.
b. He helped revise the copyright laws in 1909.
c. He introduced the Ragtime Tango into popular music.
d. He spearheaded efforts to replace cylinders with discs.
Question 2
Irving Berlin's Stop That Rag was an example of the
a. melding of two styles of music into new musical form.
b. invention of ragtime as a musical style.
c. white appropriation of an African American musical form.
d. introduction of black music into high culture.