Gospel Music Trivia

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Gospel Music Trivia.

@001 What is the origin of gospel music?

1. Jazz
2. Blues
3. Spirituals
4. Lutheran hymns

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Gospel Music Trivia.

@001 What is the origin of gospel music?

1. Jazz
2. Blues
3. Spirituals
4. Lutheran hymns

3. Spirituals were the origin of gospel music.

@002 What was the earliest source of music Africans found in the US which fed into the early Spirituals and Sorrow Songs?

1. Hymns composed, collected and published by Isaac Watts.
2. Patriotic songs Dickinson and Boyce.
3. The traditional Baptist hymnal.
4. The classic folksongs of the American frontier.

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@002 What was the earliest source of music Africans found in the US which fed into the early Spirituals and Sorrow Songs?

1. Hymns composed, collected and published by Isaac Watts.
2. Patriotic songs Dickinson and Boyce.
3. The traditional Baptist hymnal.
4. The classic folksongs of the American frontier.

1. Dr. Watts (1674-1748) was a dissenting English preacher from London, who published a collection of mostly original hymns in 1707  They became the standard hymns in the colonies.  Their stark language and blunt metaphors of physical tribulation and spiritual transcendence spoke directly to the slaves experience.  Later Spirituals developed more elaborate imagery.


@003 What is the most important music element of Spirituals and of Black music in general?

1.harmony
2.rhythm
3.melody
4.arrangement

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@003 What is the most important music element of Spirituals and of Black music in general?

1.harmony
2.rhythm
3.melody
4.arrangement

2.rhythm
Not just the most important, but the one that everyone can participate in, even non-singers.

@004 Who was Rev. Richard Allen?

1.The first Black preacher in the US.
2.The founder of the African Episcopal Church.
3.The founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
4.The founder of the Second Awakening around 1780.

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@004 Who was Rev. Richard Allen?

1.The first Black preacher in the US.
2.The founder of the African Episcopal Church.
3.The founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
4.The founder of the Second Awakening around 1780.

3.The founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

This became one of the most influential Black religious sects (more so than the African Episcopal Church).  Allen also compiled a famous hymnal in 1801 called  A Collection of Spiritual Songs and Hymns from Various Authors. 

@005 What were the religious gatherings called which took place outdoors between 1800 and about 1830 with many fires and a central tent called the Tabernacle, in which both white and Black preachers held forth and the interracial, but segregated crowds would often compete in the singing of hymns?

1.Revivals
2.Camp meetings
3.Chatauqua gatherings
4.The "invisible church"

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@005 What were the religious gatherings called which took place outdoors between 1800 and about 1830 with many fires and a central tent called the Tabernacle, in which both white and Black preachers held forth and the interracial, but segregated crowds would often compete in the singing of hymns?

1.Revivals
2.Camp meetings
3.Chatauqua gatherings
4.The "invisible church"

2. Camp meetings

The camp meetings sometimes attracted as many as 20,000 people.  They became the forging ground for the mixing of English hymns and African singing styles which became the Spirituals.

@006 Harriet Tubman is best known for what?

1. First female Black preacher in the US.
2. Important composer of Spirituals.
3. Organizing revolts.
4. Her work with the Underground Railroad.

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Aha! This one is easy! It's #4

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Aha! This one is easy! It's #4

4. Known affectionately as the "Black Moses" she sang the following Spiritual to alert others of her arrival: "Dark and thorny is de pathway/Where de pilgrim makes his ways/But beyond dis vale of sorrow/Lie de fields of endless days."

@007 How were the early blues regarded by the members of the Black churches?

1.Related music to be integrated into hymn singing.
2.As "fun" music, relief from the religious context.
3.As dangerous, godless, lewd music.
4.Music with real commercial potential

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@007 How were the early blues regarded by the members of the Black churches?

1.Related music to be integrated into hymn singing.
2.As "fun" music, relief from the religious context.
3.As dangerous, godless, lewd music.
4.Music with real commercial potential

3. Although both Spirituals and the Blues may spring from similar feelings of despair, church people condemned the early blues because it didn't seek God, thus presented the sufferer as isolated.
 
@008 What musical element did Gospel style music add to primary spiritual-based Black church music of the time?

1.New melodies
2.More dynamic rhythms
3.More advanced harmonies
4.More emphasis on choral singing

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@008 What musical element did Gospel style music add to primary spiritual-based Black church music of the time?

1.New melodies
2.More dynamic rhythms
3.More advanced harmonies
4.More emphasis on choral singing

2.This was its appeal as well as the reason why it was resisted.

@009 Which was the first Black church organization to accept Gospel style music?

1.The Black Episcopal Church.
2.The Methodist Episcopal Church.
3.The Black Catholic Church.
4.The Black Baptist Church.

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@009 Which was the first Black church organization to accept Gospel style music?

1.The Black Episcopal Church.
2.The Methodist Episcopal Church.
3.The Black Catholic Church.
4.The Black Baptist Church.

4. At the Jubilee session of the National Baptist Convention in Chicago in 1932 Thomas A. Dorsey successfully sold a significant number of officials and a large group of attendees on his style.

@010 Who was the originator of the Gospel style of music?

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Dorsey?

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Dorsey?

Correct. Thomas A. Dorsey, Dorsey was also a successful blues pianist, performing with blues legend Ma Rainey under the name of Georgia Tom.  His innovation was to combine blues with hymns and spirituals to create Gospel music.

Hear are a couple of interesting links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HNZNvlhlN4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ribnpn-ezYA

There endeth the first segment of this Trivia series. Be back soon. Thanks for reading