I Wants to Be an Actor Lady Flashcards
(40 cards)
Who incorporated swing rhythms of jazz into a chamber piece called the Creation of the World?
Darius Milhaud
Who was a member of Les Six?
Darius Milhaud
What piece helped legitimize jazz in the eyes of many listeners?
Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
Who wrote Rhapsody in Blue?
George Gershwin
What Viennese operetta caused Americans to go wild?
The Merry idow
What two operettas were created in America and exported back to Europe?
The Wizard of Oz and Babes in Toyland
Who wrote the score for Babes in Toyland?
Victor Herbert
What operetta employed America-based storyline and was set in New Orleans?
Naughty Marietta
What operetta introduced the song Ah Sweet Mystery of Life?
Naughy Marietta
Who wrote the music for Naughty Marietta?
Victor Herbert
Who is credited with developing Musical Comedy?
George Edwards
Who was carried onstage as a baby with his parents as vaudevillians?
George M. Cohan
Who was one of the earliest Americans to succeed with the new genre of Musical Comedy?
George M. COhan
Whose admonition to his cast on the opening night of his first show was speed, speed, speed?
George M. Cohan
What was Cohan’s third musical comedy?
Little Johnny Jones
What song does Little Johnny Jones open with?
Yankee Doodle Dandy
In Little Johnny Jones who is Johnny Jones?
A jockey who is boasting about his American prowress
What was the main theater district of New York?
Broadway
Why did Cohan’s works not fare well overseas while being a hit in the U.S.?
Because of their strong American bias
What was London’s equivilent to Broadway?
West End
Who composed In Dahomey?
Will marian Cook
What male musician’s mother was upset that he wasted his talent on popular songs instead of symphonies and sonata?
Will Marian Cook
Who did Cook team up with to showcase Bert Williams and George Walker?
poet Paul Laurence Dunbar
Poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Will Cook teamed up to showcase who?
Bert Williams and George Walker
