Section 1-1 Flashcards
1
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“After the Ball”
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- biggest hit of 1890s
- written by charles k harris
- used in “showboat”
- sold over 2 million pieces of sheet music
- singer sees sweetheart kissing a man, refuses to listen to her explanation, realizes too late that it was her brother - 1891 -
2
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“Livery Stable Blues”
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- 1917
- ray lopez and alcide nunez
- jazz composition
- famously recorded by “original dixieland jass (jazz) band”
3
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“ragged time”/”broken time”
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- style of playing
- evolved from marches, minstrel numbers and coon songs
4
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“varieties” led to what
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vaudeville acts
5
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“Don’t mourn: Organize!”
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- expression often incorrectly supposed to be the last words spoken by labor leader/activist and songwriter Joe Hill
- who was charged with murder and executed in Utah in 1915 by firing squad
6
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1877
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Edison’s phonograph created
7
Q
African-American bandleader at the cotton club
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Duke Ellington
-had first jazz hit - recorded “Black & Tan Fantasy”
8
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african american bandleader who worked with Castles
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James Reese Europe
9
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Al Jolson
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- “world’s greatest entertainer”
- starred in the jazz singer
10
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Alexander Graham Bell
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patented telephone in 1876
11
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American Graphophone Company
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- started by philly businessmen in order to produce/sell the graphophone
- 1887 voltage company merged with american graphophone company later to form columbia records
