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HMS Pinafore

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Gilbert and Sullivan

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Pirates of Penzance

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also Gilbert and Sullivan
premiers in NYC first, power of NYC and IR

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what does PofP introduce

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patter song
Modern Major General
comedic effect

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The Mulligan Guards’ Ball

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Irish Immigrant Vaudeville

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A Trip to Chinatown

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interpolated most popular song of time, AFTER THE BALL

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In Dahomey

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First full length musical written and performed by AA performers in major Bway theater
largely minstrel
WILLIAMS AND WALKER

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Little Johnny Jones

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George M. Cohan
comes from Vaudeville
paper thin but ORIGINAL

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The Merry Widow

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european operetta import
Franz Leihar

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Naughty Marietta

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AMERICAN operetta
Victor Herbert
Rida Johnson Young book and lyrics
produced by Oscar Hammerstein the first

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where was operetta most pop

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Austria

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Victor Herbert

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Father of American Operetta

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George M. Cohan

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father of American musical comedy

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Scott Joplin

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king of ragtime

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Irving Berlin (Israel Beilin)

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Alexander’s Ragtime Band

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Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1911)

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first global megahit song

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Watch Your Step

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Berlin’s first book and complete show
first Bway show to feature ragtime

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Play A Simple Melody

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counterpoint song
two contrary melodies playing against each other

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Irene and Vernon Castle

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star of Watch Your Step
leading dance couple
revived popularity of ballroom dancing
masters of foxtrot

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Jerome Kern

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song of Eastern European Jewish immigrants
studied in Germany then London
wrote interpolated songs in London
music for Princess Theatre musicals
wrote in 4/4, 3/4 current popular time sig

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Very Good Eddie

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first of Princess Theatre Musicals
intimate and landmark

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Elisabeth Marbury

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literary agent
her idea to do modern scaled down MT
cast of 30 max
focus on characte

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Oh, Boy!

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second PT musical
Kern
most successful of PT musicals
MT for common person

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Till The Clouds Roll By

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song from Oh, Boy!

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Yip Yip Yaphank

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Berlin
midst of WW1
minstrel show as end of act 1

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Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
song from Yip Yip Yaphank
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God Bless America
second act finale, used when revived as This is the Army in 1942
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trunk song
written but not used, saved for later
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The Ziegfeld Follies of 1919
Berlin and Herbert revue minstrel act 1 finale Williams was in this
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A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody
Berlin formalizes and cements misogyny on Bway, expectation of a pretty woman
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1920
prohibition Harlem Renaissance Langston Hughes, proudly gay
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Shuffle Along
Blake and Sissle expansion of a two man minstrel show
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Shuffle Along Landmark
first musical written, directed, and performed by AA
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Shuffle Along song
I'm Just Wild About Harry
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No, No, Nanette
most popular musical of 20s based on play called My Lady Friends
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No, No, Nanette songs
Tea for Two I Want to be Happy
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No, No, Nanette story
Harry HH Frazze, wonder of Boston Red Sox, needed money for the show, sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees to get money
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Show Boat
first golden age musical (some say OK) based on novel by Edna Ferber first largely integrated show
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Show Boat interpolated songs
Goodbye My Lady Love After the Ball!!! interpolated for period effect AA songs written in dialect
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The Jazz Singer
first talkie based on play Pray Boy Al Jolson, known for blackface performance, added Minstrel show as finale, not related to rest of story
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Girl Crazy
George Gershwin Ira Gershwin wrote lyrics
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Girl Crazy story
star was supposed to be Ginger Rogers, Ethel Merman was breakout star
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The Bandwagon
revue, expensive at height of depression Fred and Adele Astaire
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The Bandwagon takeaway song
Dancing in the Dark danced on a slanted mirrored stage lit from underneath
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what is required for a Pulitzer Prize in Drama
distinguished play by an American playwright, preferable original material, dealing with American life est 1917
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Of Thee I Sing
Gershwins first to win PPD Music Box Theater (built by I. Berlin) political satire style of Gilbert and Sullivan
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Of Thee I Sing Takeaway songs
Love is Sweeping the Country Of Thee I Sing
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42nd Street
film musical Harry Warren and Al Dubin (Hollywood writers) first song and dance book musical stars Ruby Keeler and Ginger Rogers
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As Thousands Cheer
Music Box therefore I. Berlin newspaper revue
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As Thousands Cheer takeaway songs
Heatwave Easter Parade
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Suppertime (As Thousands Sing)
Ethel Waters song about man who has been lynched, mother explaining to kids written for Ethel Waters
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Ethel Waters
performer at Cotton Club first AA woman to appears in a broadway "white" musical
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protest song
A song devoted to a social cause, such as the fight against injustice, antiwar sentiment, etc. Strange Fruit, Billie Holiday Brother Can You Spare a Dime, depression era song
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Threepenny Opera
interpretation of the Beggar's Opera Bertolt Brecht Kurt Weill criticizing rising Nazi Party doesn't hit with depression era Americans hit in '54 when revived
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Anything Goes
Cole Porter
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Cole Porter
gay expressed love to partner through his ballads
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Anything Goes story
had to change because of national tragedy aboard pleasure cruiser scramble to rewrite show performers given new scene on toilet paper said anything goes!
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Porgy and Bess
Gershwins American folk opera complete AA piece, caused riots based on play Porgy (PPD) written in AA language
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Babes in Arms
Rodgers and Hart
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The Black Crook
first musical thin story adds Paris Ballet Troupe when their theater burns down song and dance unrelated

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