Chapter 2 HW MTHR 3143 '22-23
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MTHR 3143 850
Homework Please Type OR Highlight all written answers.
Chapter 2, STRIKE UP THE BAND
Name
Ibukunoluwa Adesina
True(T) or False(F): Please highlight the letter that correctly answers the question. IF
the answer is "F," please provide information that would make
that question "true." Do so on the lines provided on the back
of this homework sheet. Please TYPE all written answers!
1. T or F
A major innovation for musical theatre in the 1920s was the creation songs for shows before
the script was written.
2. T or F
The Student Prince
was a highly successful musical comedy in the 1920s.
3. T or F
Popular dance steps of the 1920s included the Charleston, the shimmy,
the one (and two) step, the tango, etc., etc.
4. T or F
Shuffle Sideways
, by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake was one of the most the successful "black musicals"* of the 1920s.
5. T or F
Lady, Be Bad
was written by George Gershwin and Lorenz Hart.
6. T or F
Fred and Adele Astaire were a husband-wife dance team.
7. T or F
No, No, Nanette
was composed and written (lyrics) by Oscar Hammerstein II.
8. T or F
No, No, Nanette
first opened on Broadway and then toured the country.
9. T or F
With Lorenz Hart, composer Richard Rodgers wrote music to which Hart then created the lyrics.
10. T or F
Considered the first "Worst Egyptian Musical," Showboat
first appeared
on Broadway in 1928.
11. T or F
Show Boat
was produced by Florenz Ziegfeld.
12. T or F
Show Boat
, though listed as a "musical comedy" was really the first American
musical drama.
13. T or F
Show Boat dealt with the problems and issues with gambling and drug abuse.
14. T or F
Three Penny Opera
was composed by Kurt Brecht and written (script) by Bertolt
Weill in August 1928.
15. T or F
Three Penny Opera
influenced Broadway musical of the future (
Company, Follies,
Kiss of the Spider Woman, Sweeney Todd, etc.).
1.
The creation of songs for shows often times took place while or after the script was written.
2.
The Student Prince
was a highly successful American operetta in the 1920s.
3.
4.
Shuffle Along, by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake was one of the most the successful "black musicals" of the 1920s.
5.
Lady, Be Good was written by George Gershwin and IRA Gershwin
6.
Fred and Adele Astaire were a brother and sister dance team.
7.
No, No Nanette
was composed and written(lyrics) by Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach and Vincent Youmans
8.
No, No Nanette toured the country first and then opened on Broadway.
9.
10.
Considered the first “Great American Musical,” Showboat first appeared on Broadway in 1927.
11. 12. 13. 14.
Three Penny Opera was composed by Kurt Weill and written (script) by Bertolt Brecht in August 1928.
15.
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