89 Cards in this Set
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Marion Anderson
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Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
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Thomas Dorsey/Mahalia Jackson
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Take My Hand, Precious Lord
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Soul Stirrers
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Touch the Hem of His Garment
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Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
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Rock My Soul
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Swan Silvertones
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Mary Don't You Weep
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Mahalia Jackson
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Move on up a little higher
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Roberta Martin Singers
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Old Ship of Zion
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The Orioles
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It's too soon to know
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The Platters
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The Great Pretender
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The Five Satins
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In the Still of the Night
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Louis Jordan
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Saturday Night Fish Fry
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Louis Jordan
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Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
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Little Richard
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Long Tall Sally
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Joe Turner
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Shake, Rattle, & Roll
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Charles Brown
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In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down
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Ruth Brown
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Mama he treats your daughter mean
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Etta James
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At Last
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Fats Domino
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Ain't That A Shame
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Paul Robeson
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Ol'Man River
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William Grant Still
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Afro-American Symphony
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William Grant Still
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Incantation & Dance
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
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Bamboula, Danse de Negres
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
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Danse Negre
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what are the names of three record companies that sold the music of blacks?
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Okeh, Columbia, Black Swan, Paramount
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who was Marcus Garvey?
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back to Africa movement, founded UNIA
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what role did WEB DuBois play in the Harlem Renaissance?
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wrote "souls of black folks," signature book that inspired the renaissance
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who was Roland Hayes
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1st solo classical singing star
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who was Mary Cardwell Dawson
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founder of National Negro Opera Company
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Who is Mahalia Jackson and what is her significance to early modern gospel?
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"Queen of Gospel" -- most well-known gospel singer
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How was the harmony of early modern gospel and blues similar?
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blues chord progression often used in gospel
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what was the significance of the musical "Shuffle Along"
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brought blacks to Broadway as writers and producers -- also used Jazz music
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what were the components of a typical black broadway musical?
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comic sketches, dancing and singing, jazz rhythms, and no attempt to appeal to white people
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what was the format of a typical gospel quartet song?
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a capella, 2nd tenor lead, verse-chorus lyric format, barbershop quartet harmony
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who was Marian Anderson and what was her significance to African American music?
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best known black female classical singer
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who was Paul Robeson
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classical singer who was outspoken about rights for blacks
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how did African American classical music of the mid 20th century incorporate the traditions of earlier African American music?
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spiritual, blues, and jazz melodies, inflections, and harmonies were used as source materia.
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Who is considered the "father of the Harlem Renaissance?"
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Locke
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who is Rosetta Tharp and why was she controversial?
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Gospel singer who incorporated electric guitar and used blues/jazz styles. She played secular music too
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how was the lyric content of early modern gospel different from spirituals
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gospel reflected everyday life, struggles, and personal relationships with God
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who were William Herbert Brewster and Charles Albert Tindley?
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early gospel composers important in establishing the style of gospel
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name three publications influential to the development of the Harlem Renaissance
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Crisis, Opportunity, Souls of Black Folks (DuBois); Music and Musical People (Trotter); Weary Blues (Hughes); New Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain (Locke)
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Who was Nathaniel Dett
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Black Nationalist Composer
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Who were the leading Rhythm and Blues solo artists?
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Charles Brown and Ruth Brown
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What are the stylistic characteristics of Rhythm and Blues
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Boogie Woogie bass pattern, blues elements, gospel lyrics, call and response, short solos, swing shuffle rhythm feel
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what was the standard instrumentation of early RnB groups?
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3-4 horns + rhythm section + vocals
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who were the leading RnB groups and what were the characteristics of their sound?
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Louis Jordan and Tymphony 5, Drifters, Spaniels, Impressions, Dells
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name two influential record companies critical to the success of RnB. Who were the founders of these companies?
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Atlantic founded by Ertegan, Abramson, and Wexler; Stax founded by Stewart and Axton, VeeJay
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what instruments were critical to the development of RnB sound?
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electric guitar
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who was the father of RnB
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Louis Jordan
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What were the Crisis and the Opportunity
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magazines of the NAACP and the Urban League
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when did the "Red Summer" occur and what is its significance?
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1919 - race riots inspired Harlem Renaissance
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who founded the "clef club" and what is its significance to the development of AAM?
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James Reese Europe -- provided representation for black musicians and was a booking agency
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what was the philosophical purpose of the Harlem Renaissance?
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literary and artistic movement -- acknowledge African heritage
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who was Will Marion Cook?
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black nationalist founder of Southern Syncopaters
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who was known as the Queen of Rhythm and Blues
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Ruth Brown
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how were early modern gospel and rhythm and blues similar and different
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chord progressions were same, RnB had boogie woogie piano and bass line
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who was the Godfather of modern gospel
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Dorsey
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what were the typical performance venues for RnB artists on the southern tour circuit?
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Elks clubs, concert halls, converted barns
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name three organizations that sponsored awards to encourage Black composers and writers during the Renaissance
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NAACP, WPA, Urban League
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what are the dates of the Harlem and Chicago Renaissances
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Harlem - 1917-1935; Chicago - 1935-1950
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what was the significance of the 1930 National Baptist Convention Jubilee Meeting in 1930 and where was it held?
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choir workshops to promote new music -- Chicago
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Name three female early gospel solo artists
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Mahalia Jackson, Rosetta Tharp, Lucie Campbell, Sally Martin, Clara Ward, Roberta Martin
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who was the first gospel group to perform at the Newport Jazz Festival and Radio City Music Hall
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Clara Ward
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what company was considered the leading publisher of gospel music before 1960?
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Martin and Morris
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Name three early gospel quartet groups
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Fairfield Four, Swan Silvertones, Dixe Hummingbirds, Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, Soul Stirrers
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what was the contribution of the Soul Stirrers to the legacy of gospel music?
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added 5th singer as lead -- allowing for 4 part harmony
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name three factors that were instrumental in gospel becoming the dominant music in most black churches after World War II
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Great Migration, Acceptance by Baptist Church, and choir convention
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who was the dean of gospel disc jockeys
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Joe Bostic
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what was the purpose of the rope line in Southern RnB venues
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separate blacks from whites
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what was the black nationalist composer movement
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encouraged black music as source material
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how did the development of the Pentecostal and Holiness Churches impact the development of early modern gospel?
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created desire for more emotional/personal experiences
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what were the characteristics of the Pentecostal worship service that made gospel flourish?
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emotional response, dancing, clapping, instruments
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what is the significance of "Gospel Pearls"
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1st anthology of Gospel Music
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who are William Grant Still and Samuel Coleridge Taylor and what is their significance to AAM?
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most significant black classical composers, still was dean of black nationalists
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who is Florence Price
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female black nationalist composer
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what was the significance of VeeJay records? Who founded this company
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Vivian Carter and James Bracken -- Most important label before Motown
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what was the significance of Billboard changing its chart designations from Race Records to RnB?
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broadened the audience of the music
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what was doo wop
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style of a capella singing -- freely interpolated lead vocals, scat syllables from background
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what was the typical chord progression for a doo wop tune?
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I, VI, II, V
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name four doo wop groups
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Ravens, Orioles, 5 Satins, El Dorados, Silhouettes, Cadillacs
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who was the first to organize a mixed Gospel choir?
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Roberta Martin
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who are Richard Wayne Penniman and Charles Edward Anderson and how did they impact rock n roll?
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Little Richard and Chuck Berry, bridged RnB to rock
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who was the founder of the Harlem School of the Arts
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Dorothy Maynor
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who was Todd Duncan and what theatrical role did he originate
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1st black male to sing in a major opera company -- Porgy and Bess
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name two African Americans responsible for the development of the Black concert choir movement
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Paul Johnson and Eva jessie
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who were the founders of Atlantic records?
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Ertegan, Abramson, and Wexter
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what was the purpose of the UNIA?
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support black businesses
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who is Sallie Martin and what is her significance to the success of Thomas Dorsey's Gospel Music?
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Gospel singer/composer, managed Dorsey, founded company to promote his music
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name three family foundations that provided money to encourage AA creative artists
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Harmon Foundation
Guggenheim Prize
Wanamaker Prize
Naumberg Musical Foundation Award
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MUH 214: TEST 3