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31 Cards in this Set
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What was the name of the Manhattan publishing company that became prominent at the dawn of the 20th century, providing the songs for theater shows?
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Tin Pan Alley
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In regards to entertainment, the term Broadway is synonymous with :
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American Music theater
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True or False: the Broadway districts still exists in New York City
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True
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Before radio and television, what was considered by the music business to be the most important quality for a songs success?
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Well written songs
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Where is New York's Broadway Theater district today?
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Midtown Manhattan
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What types of shows were mounted across the country on small stages with small casts and first opened opportunities for black musicians after the Civil War?
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Minstrel Shows
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What turn of the century piano style was first popularized by Scott Joplin and used in minstrel shows, becoming crucial in the development of early jazz?
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Ragtime
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What category of entertainment is the British team of Gilbert and Sullivan fall into?
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Operetta
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What type of staged variety show of the late 1800s/early 1900s contained a lineup of 10 acts by a group of musicians, acrobats, family acts, comedians, jugglers and magicians?
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Vaudeville
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Which of the pre-musical entertainment genres functioned like a vaudeville, but had more daring material including strippers?
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Burlesque
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What is a revue?
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Plotless program of songs, dances and comedy sketches. A sort of "hit parade."
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True or False: Broadway shows before the 1930s tended to be plotless strings of unrelated songs with choreography by well known starts
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True
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Edison's first cylinder format was made of what material?
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Brass wrapped in Tin foil
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Edison, considering music recording below his phonograph's potential, had what purpose in mind?
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A dictation device
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Who invented the first microphone, which employed a carbon element that was and is used in telephones?
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Emile Berliner
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Who invented the first flat disc record player (78 rpm) about 10 years later than Edison's invention?
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Emile Berliner
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True or False: Magnetic recording began with the use of wire, not tape
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True
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True or False: Edison's control of his labels did a great deal to support the notion that only the best music and performers were associated with records
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False
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What is the first record label (strictly for music recordings) in the world?
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Columbia
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Emile Berliner created 3 labels manufacturers for his 78 rpm disc invention. What was the name of his label in the U.S.?
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Victor
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What was the name of Emile Berliner's label in Germany?
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Deutsche Gramophon Gesellschaft
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What was the name of Emile Berliner's label in England, which served as his headquarters?
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His Master's Voice
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Who first patented radiotelegraphy, becoming wealthy selling his equipment to shipyards and ship merchants?
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Marconi
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What company created RCA in 1919 to buy radio manufacturing license in America from Marconi?
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GE
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What underclass groups were the predominant creative sources for the first major trends in American pop music?
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Jewish and African American
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George Gershwin is best remembered for his opera masterpiece of 1935 called:
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Porgy and Bess
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Which songwriter was a Russian immigrant who wrote a series of smash hits including "Alexander's Ragtime Band," White Christmas, and Blue Skies?
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Irving Berlin
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Which songwriter was on the staff at Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, MGM, and Paramount from 1933-1961, and is the most successful song writer in the history of motion pictures?
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Harry Warren
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When did record companies begin to use electricity to cut grooves instead of the acoustic power inherent in sound?
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1925
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When did dynamic (moving coil) mics first become popular in broadcasting and recording?
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1931
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What instrument designer cited the Theremin as a major influence for his own most popular product?
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Robert Moog
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