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AMT EXAM 1 AMT EXAM 1 AMT EXAM 1, Exams of Music

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AMT EXAM 1 AMT EXAM 1 AMT EXAM 1

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AMT EXAM 1
Name the 5 elements of a musical -
          Choreography = the dance
Music + Lyrics = the songs
Physical Production =sets, costumes, and technical aspects
Libretto = the connective story expressed in script or dialogue
Staging = all stage movement
The Offenbach Bounce -
          "an infectious, heady lilt that offered the sonic equivalent of drinking a few glasses of really
good champagne" and would remain a standard feature in European operetta right into the 20th
century
Name Broadway's reigning Vaudeville clowns of the 1890s -
          Joe Weber + Lew Fields
The Greeks honored Dionysus with this event -
          Dithyramb
The first actor -
          Thespis
after pieces to tragedies, mythological half-man/half-beasts in a state of perpetual sexual arousal
-
          Satyr Play
lighter in tone, provided a happy resolution -
          comedy
somber stories based on mythology, violence never enacted, happened offstage -
          tragedy
paid for much of the production, but got a triumphal column in his honor if his play won -
          choregos
tent or stone cottage that actors used to change costumes and store props -
          skene
rectangular stone performance space -
          orchestra
male citizens chosen to judge theatrical competition -
          Kritai
Two of the earliest and popular characters in Minstrelsy -
          Jim Crow and Zip Coon
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Name the 5 elements of a musical - Choreography = the dance Music + Lyrics = the songs Physical Production =sets, costumes, and technical aspects Libretto = the connective story expressed in script or dialogue Staging = all stage movement The Offenbach Bounce - "an infectious, heady lilt that offered the sonic equivalent of drinking a few glasses of really good champagne" and would remain a standard feature in European operetta right into the 20th century Name Broadway's reigning Vaudeville clowns of the 1890s - Joe Weber + Lew Fields The Greeks honored Dionysus with this event - Dithyramb The first actor - Thespis after pieces to tragedies, mythological half-man/half-beasts in a state of perpetual sexual arousal

  • Satyr Play lighter in tone, provided a happy resolution - comedy somber stories based on mythology, violence never enacted, happened offstage - tragedy paid for much of the production, but got a triumphal column in his honor if his play won - choregos tent or stone cottage that actors used to change costumes and store props - skene rectangular stone performance space - orchestra male citizens chosen to judge theatrical competition - Kritai Two of the earliest and popular characters in Minstrelsy - Jim Crow and Zip Coon

Most remembered Roman playwright - Plautus 3 Gillbert and Sullivan Comic Operas - Princess Ida HMS Pinafore The Pirates of Penzance James Bland - one of the first African-Americans to receive a college education, wrote music for minstrel shows Stephen Foster - first American songwriter to earn a living from his craft, most famous composer of original music for minstrel shows Dan Emmett - founded the Virginia Minstrels, his most famous tune was "Dixie" Edwin P. Christy - the most famous and influential minstrel showman of his time vaudeville performers toured the country on.... - circuits worst spot to have on a vaudeville bill was? - first or last spot plays which began in the 1400s Italy - Commedia Dell'arte plays involved in the lives of saints - miracle plays dramatizations of bible stories - mystery plays allegories illustrating the seven deadly sins - morality plays Innamorati, vecchi, and zanni are characters from what type of entertainment? - Commedia Dell'arte When the plot placed accepted reality on its ear, to great comic effect, Gilbert and Sullivan had accomplished -

3 types of acts that could have been found in a Vaudeville show - singers, dancers, acrobats, skits, comedians, juggling The Magic Flute is an example of a form of musical theatre that combined spoken dialogue with operatic arias, ensembles, and popular style ballads. Form is called? - Singspiele Erlanger, Klaw, Froman, Hayman, Nixon, and Zimmerman formed this organization in 1896 that would control, the bookings for more than 700 legitimate theaters all across the US - The Theatrical Syndicate What was the nickname for the place that came to symbolize American popular music for decades to come? - Tin Pan Alley "After the Ball" was included in Showboat but it was written for an 1891 show that became the longest running show in 2 decade. What was that show? - A Trip to Chinatown 3 famous vaudeville stars - Fanny Brice Lillian Russell Bert Williams Robin Hood featured "Oh Promise Me" which remained a popular wedding song for years. The writers were: - Reginald DeKoven and Harry B. Smith Whose final unfinished composition, and now most produced work is Les Contes des Hoffman?

  • Offenbach The Black Crook(year) - 1866 The Beggar's Opera(year) - 1728 Tony Pastor opens his theater for family entertainment(year) - 1881 Who co-opted various theatrical conventions from the Greeks? The mixture of dialogue, song and dance was retained, they produced festivals to honor the gods, they built permanent open-air theaters following the greek example, but the performing area was a raised wooden platform. - The Romans

What British producer called his Gaiety Theater productions musical comedies? - George Edwardes Diana Damrau sung "The Queen of the Night" from a Mozart musical work entitled: - The Magic Flute Contemporary musical that uses minstrelsy as it's format - The Scottsboro Boys Why was Opera Bouffes important to AMT? -

  1. Opera Bouffe was an important transition between Opera and MT
  2. Following in the footsteps of commedia dell'arte, opera bouffe made prominant by jacques offenbach, used opera style singing but also used dialogue in scenes with comic plots, bridging the gap before formal opera and MT 3.First time theatre became important on a large scale/commercialized
  3. more extravagant with set/props/elaborate scenic elements
  4. Storyline became more important.
  5. Transition from Opera to Operatic Comedies. Who is this Philadelphia native and star of Black Vaudeville whose nickname was "Sweet Mama Stringbean" - Ethel Waters 2 "faces" of Burlesque were: - Low Comedy and the Female Anatomy Who opened the first commercially successful "clean variety" bill at his theater on NY 14th St? - Tony Paster What British producer called his Gaiety Theater production musical comedies? - George Edwardes Adonis was a precursor of American musical comedy, embodying a formula for success that would remain viable for the next 6 decades. Element that would NOT become part of the formula: - a rich plot integrated seamlessly with songs and dance What Minstrelsy dance can be defined as "a promenade executed in a high-leg prance with a backward tilt of the head, shoulders, and upper torso?" - cakewalk Why are playwrights Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy the most rarely credited heroes of musical theatre? - They were the first writers to work in collaboration with a composer.