MUSC 2226 - unit 2 Flashcards
call and response
a rapid exchange, usually of rifts, between two different timbres; solo voice and guitar; solo voice and choir; or saxophones and trumpets
parlor song
a song to be sung at home in the parlor, like Stephen Foster’s “Beautiful Dreamer,” popular through most of the nineteenth century. Also called home songs and piano bench music
minstrel show
a form of stage entertainment distinguished by cruel parodies of African Americans. Minstrelsy was popular from the early 1840s to the end of the nineteenth century
blackface
minstrel show practice in which white and (later) black performers applied burnt cork to darken their complexion
Tambo and Bones
nicknames for the endmen in a minstrel show, so called because one usually played tambourine and the other a pair of bones
interlocuter
the straight man in a minstrel show. The interlocuter would sit in the middle of the semicircle and ask questions of the endmen,who would give comic replies
endmen
a comic in a minstrel troupe. Minstrel performers sat in a semicircle on-stage; an endman sat at one end or the other
olio
the second section of a minstrel show-the variety portion that featured a wide range of unrelated acts, much like the later vaudeville shows
burlesques
in a minstrel show, humorous parodies of cultivated material
walkaround
the conclusion of a minstral show, featuring the entire troupe in a grand finale of song and dance
cakewalk
a dance-fad of the 1890’s; also the music to accompany the dance
unison
two performers playing the same pitch
songsters
a book containing the lyrics of popular song
song pluggers
a publishing-house pianist who could play a new song for a professional singer or a prospective customer.
Tin Pan alley
A nickname for a section of East 28th street in New York City, where many music publishers had their offices. Also the styles of the songs created in the first half of the centurey for these publisher: a Tin Pan Alley song refers to songs by Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, and their contemporaries.
waltz songs
a type of song popular around 1900 in which a flowing melody is supported by a simple, waltz-time accompaniment
vaudeville
a form of stage entertainment popular from the 1880s to about 1930. It consisted of a series of acts: singers, dancers, novelty performers, and comics. It differed from the revue and musical comedy in that there was no attempt to link vaudeville acts into a dramatically coherent whole
operetta
a light, often humorous, form of opera
revue
a type of stage entertainment popular int he first third fo the century. They were topical; they often lampooned prominent public figures. They had a flimsy plot, designed to link - however loosely - a series of songs, dance numbers, and comedy routines
interpolation
the insertion of a song into a musical comedy for which it was not written. It was common in the early years of musical comedy, when producers would insert a song into a show simply because it was a hit
patriotic songs
a song with a patriotic theme
concert band
a band (woodwinds, brass, and percussion instruments) that performs in a concertlike setting (seated on-stage, in front of an audience) rather than marching.
march
music composed in regularly accented, usually duple meter that is appropriate to accompany marching; a composition in the style of march music
trio
one of the two main sections of a march, in a different key
