Music P43 Flashcards
0
Q
What theater rejected Breil’s score for “The Birth of a Nation”?
A
Cluny Theater, LA
1
Q
What song from a film score became the first “hit”?
A
“The Perfect Song”
2
Q
What recording technique put over 100,000 performance musicians out of work?
A
“Sound-on-Film”
3
Q
Why was Maurice Ravel prohibited from becoming an army pilot?
A
Underweight
4
Q
Which composer described WWI as being “the noblest action which had ever been seen in the history of humanity”?
A
Maurice Ravel
5
Q
After being rejected from the French Air Force, Maurice Ravel joined what?
A
Motor Transportation Corps
6
Q
What ballet did Maurice Ravel name his truck after?
A
“Adelaide”
7
Q
During the war, Maurice Ravel was hospitalized with what?
A
Dysentery
