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Question 1

Tin Pan Alley

Answer 1

central hub for music publishing companies in new york city

Question 2

Uncle Dave Macon

Answer 2

first star of grand ol opry - banjo player

Question 3

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 3

abolitionist novel written by harriet beecher stowe

Question 4

Variety

Answer 4

first industry “trade” magazine - founded by sime silverman

Question 5

Vernon Dalhart

Answer 5

artist to have the first country hit - recorded “the prisoner’s song”

Question 6

Violin vs Fiddle

Answer 6

fiddle is easier to carry with an oral tradition

Question 7

Virginia Minstrels

Answer 7

founded by daniel emmett - group of blackface minstrels rather than solo acts - “jimmy crack corn” - tied to american folk culture

Question 8

Vitascope

Answer 8

first movie camera/film projector - edison (idea) - dixon (executed)

Question 9

movie company that produced the first “talkie”

Answer 9

Warner Bros

Question 10

W.C. Handy

Answer 10

“father of the blues” - “memphis blues”

Question 11

William Morris Agency

Answer 11

talent agency began in new york city in 1898