is a musical genre that emerged in black communities in the Deep South - and especially the region from the Mississippi Delta to East Texas - sometime around the end of the nineteenth century. Some artists in this style include Ethel Waters, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey and Bessie Smith.

Which of the following statements is not true? comic operas in the classical period treated middle-class subjects, had folklike tunes, and sometimes even ridiculed the aristocracy. townspeople organized public concerts where, for the price of admission, they could hear the latest symphonies and concertos. joseph haydn's contract of employment shows that he was considered a skilled servant, like a gardener or gamekeeper. political and economic power shifted during the classical period from the middle class to the aristocracy and the church.