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Who incorporated swing rhythms of jazz into a chamber piece called the Creation of the World?

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Darius Milhaud

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Who was a member of Les Six?

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Darius Milhaud

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What piece helped legitimize jazz in the eyes of many listeners?

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Rhapsody in Blue (1924)

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Who wrote Rhapsody in Blue?

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George Gershwin

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What Viennese operetta caused Americans to go wild?

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The Merry idow

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What two operettas were created in America and exported back to Europe?

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The Wizard of Oz and Babes in Toyland

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Who wrote the score for Babes in Toyland?

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Victor Herbert

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What operetta employed America-based storyline and was set in New Orleans?

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Naughty Marietta

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What operetta introduced the song Ah Sweet Mystery of Life?

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Naughy Marietta

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Who wrote the music for Naughty Marietta?

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Victor Herbert

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Who is credited with developing Musical Comedy?

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George Edwards

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Who was carried onstage as a baby with his parents as vaudevillians?

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George M. Cohan

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Who was one of the earliest Americans to succeed with the new genre of Musical Comedy?

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George M. COhan

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Whose admonition to his cast on the opening night of his first show was speed, speed, speed?

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George M. Cohan

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What was Cohan’s third musical comedy?

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Little Johnny Jones

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What song does Little Johnny Jones open with?

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Yankee Doodle Dandy

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In Little Johnny Jones who is Johnny Jones?

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A jockey who is boasting about his American prowress

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What was the main theater district of New York?

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Broadway

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Why did Cohan’s works not fare well overseas while being a hit in the U.S.?

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Because of their strong American bias

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What was London’s equivilent to Broadway?

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West End

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Who composed In Dahomey?

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Will marian Cook

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What male musician’s mother was upset that he wasted his talent on popular songs instead of symphonies and sonata?

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Will Marian Cook

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Who did Cook team up with to showcase Bert Williams and George Walker?

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poet Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Will Cook teamed up to showcase who?

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Bert Williams and George Walker

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What is In Dahomey about?

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A group of urbanized African Americans who journey to Africa and the finding of rustic conditions unsettling

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What did some critics fear about In Dahomey when it opened on Broadway?

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That it would spark racial incidents which it did not

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What famous place in London was In Dahomey presented?

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Buckingham Palace

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What was the name of Will Marrion Cook’s wife?

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Abbie Mitchell

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Who was given an additional spot line time in In Dahomey for the Buckingham Palace visit?

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Aida Overton Walker

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What is an interpolation?

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Something that is added after a show after its begun its Broadway run

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What was Alda Overton’s Interpolation in In Dahomey?

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I Wants to Be a Actor Lady

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How many of the songs from In Dahomey did Von Tilzer write the sheet music for and publish?

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Who is Aida Overton Walker’s character in In Dahomey?

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Rosetta Lightfoot

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Who’s Broadway aspirations is Rosetta Lightfoot mimicking?

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The aspirations of Carrie Brown

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Who is Miss Carter in In Dahomey?

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Well-known red haired actress Luara Jean Libby

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Who wrote the Maiden’s Prayer?

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Edith Nesvit

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What are phrases Troskeena Wellington and Ha the child’s in London from?

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Climatic lines from contemporary plays

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What is a vamp?

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A shot motif that can be repeated at will until the performer is in position and ready to sing

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What is a verse chrous form?

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Narrative verses alternate with a refrain, or chorus which uses the same poetry each time it reoccurs

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What helped make In Dahomey such a hit?

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The use of topical references and up to date music

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