Exam 2

Question 1

Oklahoma (year, music/lyrics, initial reactions, hit reactions, songs to know, based on)

Answer 1

1943, Rodgers (music) and Hammerstein (lyrics- first), “no gals, no gags, no chance”, was happy & during the war/became a hit, Dream Ballad/Lonely Room/Everything’s Up to Date in Kansas City/People Will Say We’re in Love, based on Green Grow the Lilacs

Question 2

The Golden Age

Answer 2

11-year period of optimistic, integrated book musicals usually written by Rodgers & Hammerstein

Question 3

Musicals by Rodgers and Hammerstein

Answer 3

Oklahoma (43), Carousel (45), South Pacific (49), The King and I (51), Cinderella (57), Sound of Music (59)

Question 4

Carousel (Year/Music & Lyrics, plot, songs)

Answer 4

1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein, Billie tries to get his sit together when Julie is pregnant, If I Loved you/Soliloquy/You’ll Never Walk Alone (active song)

Question 5

South Pacific (Year/Based On/Songs/Trivia/M&L)

Answer 5

1949, Tales of the South Pacific, I’m Gonna Wash that man Right Out of My Hair/Some Enchanted Evening, You Have to be Carefully Taught, 2nd musical to win a Pulitzer Prize, Rodgers and Hammerstein

Question 6

The King and I (Year, Based On, Song, Trivia, M&L)

Answer 6

1951, Book (Anna and the King of Siam), Shall We Dance, Banned in Thailand, Rodgers and Hammerstein

Question 7

Cinderella (Year, Type, Song, M&L)

Answer 7

1957, television musical on CBS, Stepsisters Lament, Rodgers and Hammerstein

Question 8

Sound of Music (Year, Based On, Song)

Answer 8

1959, Autobiography of the Von Trapp Family, Edelweiis

Question 9

Rodgers & Hammerstein as a duo

Answer 9

Clash of Cultures, Importance of Seeking Peace, The need for Community, Optimism in the Face of Hard Times

Question 10

Irving Berlin

Answer 10

1888-1989, self-taught composer and lyricist, only played in F# (the black keys), American Troubadour, started in Tin Pan Alley, founding member of ASCAP, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”, Patriotic (compared to Cohan), God Bless America, Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning, White Christmas, published 1500 songs

Question 11

Yip Yap Yaphank (Trivia)

Answer 11

Berlin used the army as actors, Went from the Army base to Broadway, “God Bless America” Got cut and was used as a trunk song

Question 12

This is The Army (Year, Song, Money)

Answer 12

1942, “Oh How I Hate…” performed by Berlin, 9.8 million for war effort, integrated

Question 13

As Thousands Cheer (Year, Based on, Actress, Songs)

Answer 13

1933, News Stories from 1933, Ethel Waters, Heat Wave (actual heat wave that happened)/Suppertime (about her husband being lynched)

Question 14

Dorothy Fields (Who, Collaborated With, Style)

Answer 14

Prolific Lyricist/Librettist, 19 Broadway musicals, Jerome Kern/Irving Berlin (AYGOG)/Cy Coleman (Sweet Charity), Complicated/Internal External Rhyme/Colloquial & Controversial Lyrics

Question 15

Annie Get Your Gun (Year, Original vs. Final music/lyrics/producer, Star, Song)

Answer 15

1946, Kern music/Dorothy Fields lyrics/Rodgers & Hammerstein to produce, Kern died, was replaced with Berlin who also did lyrics, Ethel Merman (big, brassy voice), Old Fashion Wedding (last song Berlin published, quodlibet i.e. harmonically complementary melodies played together)

Question 16

Ethel Merman (Known for, Memorable Roles)

Answer 16

Loud brassy voice with a catch, 14 Broadway shows written for her, Reno Sweeney (Anything Goes)/Annie (AGYG)/Mama Rose (Gypsy)

Question 17

Cole Porter (Trivia, Married To, Lived In, Themes)

Answer 17

Composer/Lyricist/Formal Training/Yale Educated, Married to socialite Linda Lee Thomas but was homosexual, lived in 14 room suite at the Waldorf Astoria, The restless socialite/Money won’t always bring happiness/Sex. Vs love/Highbrow vs. lowbrow/Clever cynicism/Not known for integrated musicals

Question 18

Cole Porter (Style/Later Years)

Answer 18

Aimed towards his peers/Contemporary references (high and lowbrow)/Clever cynicism/Sex was carnal, corrupt, and fun/Wrote music AND lyrics/Old-fashioned hits (x. to Berlin)/Incorporates slow Latin rhythm (beguine), Horse-Riding accident 1937/Maintained Cynicism

Question 19

Anything Goes (Year, Composer/Lyricist, Songs)

Answer 19

1934, Cole Porter, You’re the Top/Anything Goes (sex vs. love)/I get a Kick out of You

Question 20

Kiss me Kate (Year, Composer/Lyricist, Adapted From, Type)

Answer 20

1948, Cole Porter, Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew (made Shakespeare fun and sexy), Metatheater (musical is about as musical), Another Op’nin’ Another Show/Too Darn Hot/Brush Up Your Shakespeare

Question 21

Alan Jay Lerner (Time Period, Birth, Wrote About, Trivia)

Answer 21

20s to 80s, Born into Wealthy NY Family, Wrote about the Common Man, Language Suited Character, Married 8 times)

Question 22

Frederick Lowe (Time Period, Birth, Trivia)

Answer 22

Start to 80s, Born in Germany, Classically trained Cellist and Pianist, Child Prodigy, Moved West to become a Boxer

Question 23

Lerner & Lowe (Trivia, Style)

Answer 23

Collaborated for 15 years/Split After almost Every Project/Lyrics first, then Music/Musicals With Original Plots, The last of the great romantics”/Fantastical plot (a little bit whimsical)/Often 2 male leads with different worldviews (cynical/romantic)/Sound of musical changes to suit show

Question 24

Lerner & Lowe (Musicals with Years)

Answer 24

Brigadoon (47), My Fair Lady (56), Camelot (60)

Question 25

Brigadoon (Year, Plot, Songs, Music/Lyrics, Choreographer, Trivia)

Answer 25

1947, City Sleeps for a Hundred Years Every Night, Almost Like Being In Love/Come To Me, Bend To Me (plagiarism?), Lerner & Lowe, Agnes De Mille, first hit

Question 26

My Fair Lady (Year, M&L, Adapted From, Songs, Themes)

Answer 26

1956, Lerner & Lowe, Pygmalion play, I Could’ve Danced All Night/I’ve Grown Accustomed to her Face/Just You Wait/Hymn to Him, Rising above class (severe critique of English class)/Nature vs. Nurture (not about your bloodline; behavior can be learned or changed)/Unconventional Relationships/Misogyny (with specific characters)

Question 27

Camelot (Year, Plot, Actors, Popularity, Songs)

Answer 27

1960, King Arthur & his Court at Camelot, Richard Burton/Julie Andrews/Robert Goulet, Exploded after JFK died (favorite show), What the Simple Folk Do

Question 28

Frank Loesser (Bio, Style, Songs, Musicals)

Answer 28

Composer/Lyricist, Self-Taught, Slangy Lyrics, Worked in Hollywood then Broadway, Heart and Soul/Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, Guys and Dolls (50), How to Succed (61)

Question 29

Guys and Dolls (Year, Who, Based On, Songs, Style)

Answer 29

1950, Frank Loesser, Damon Runyon’s gang stories, Sit Down You’re Rocking/Adelaide’s Lament/Luck Be a Lady Tonight, Use of slang/NYC language/Energetic Dance Numbers

Question 30

How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying (Year, Theme, Trivia, Composer, Choreographer, Songs)

Answer 30

1961, Satire of corporate America and Gender roles, 4th musical to win PP, Loesser, Bob Fosse, I Believe in You/Brotherhood of Man

Question 31

Jule Stein (Who, Trivia, Songs, Musicals)

Answer 31

Classically Trained Composer, Child Prodigy on the Piano/Wrote over 1500 songs/Often Overshadowed by Performers, “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend”/People/Everything’s Coming up Roses, Peter Pan (54)/Gypsy (59)/Funny Girl

Question 32

Peter Pan (Composer, Lyricists, Choreographer, Song)

Answer 32

Jule Styne, Comden/Green, Jerome Robbins, Captain Hook’s Waltz

Question 33

Comden & Green (What, Trivia, Musicals)

Answer 33

Lyricist Team, Started out as Performers/Collaborated for 61 years, On the Town (44), Peter Pan (54), Applause (70), Singing in the Rain (52)

Question 34

On The Town (Year, Lyricists, Music, Choreography, Trivia, Song)

Answer 34

1944, Green & Comden, Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Racially Integrated Cast, New York New York

Question 35

Gypsy (Year, Trivia, Actress, Music, Lyrics, Book, Choreography, song)

Answer 35

1959, Musical biography of Gypsy Rose Lee, Ethel Merman, Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, Arthut Laurents, Jerome Robbins, “Rose’s Turn” (11o’clock number)