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The first Blockbuster American operetta, Song associated with show "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life" |
Naughty Marietta
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She isn't on Santa's nice list. |
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Name the 4 musical song forms. |
1) AAA Strophic Form 2) Verse/Chorus 3) Tin Pan Alley 4) Pop Music Verse/Chorus |
Has to do with how the songs are written |
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What is the function of the bridge? |
Takes the listener to a new musical place which sounds inevitable both in its arrival and its return to the final A section |
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NAME THIS COMPOSER: -Difficult to work with; hated when singers did jazz arrangements -Influenced by Victor Herbert -Member of ASCAP |
Jerome Kern |
Show Boat... |
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NAME THIS COMPOSER/LYRICIST: -Could not read or write music -͞ Simple Melody" from Watch Your Step was first counterpoint song introduced in American Musical Theatre -Opened his own theatre to have Music Box Revues |
Irving Berlin |
White Christmas... |
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NAME THIS COMPOSER: -"Swanee" (Famous Al Jolson song) -"Rhapsody in Blue" - first rhapsody written for solo instrument and jazz orchestra -1st composer featured on Time magazine |
George Gershwin |
Of Thee I Sing, Porgy and Bess... |
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Why was Porgy and Bess (1935) considered to be a folk opera? |
It didn’t try to provide authentic Southern plantation music but rather his version of it to make it all one cohesive piece instead of fragments from original folk songs |
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NAME THIS COMPOSER/LYRICIST: -Born wealthy -Wrote Yale's (still existing) fight song -Horseback riding accident, legs amputated -Dirty lyrics and sexual innuendo |
Cole Porter |
Your fave...Anything Goes |