| Description | Answer | Extra |
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| True roots, British Isles, 400 years ago | |
| West Side Story | |
| took song and ballet to weave them into plot | |
| integrates effortlessly from scene to song to scene | |
| 'works' in Italian; many art forms; all sung; grew out of need for courts of late Ren; extravagence; heightened | |
| the script | |
| composer who wrote everything (music and lyrics) | |
| most famous operas; first example of musical theatre | |
| dialogue of opera, usually don't rhyme | |
| an air; formal, emotional, melodic | |
| two types of opera | |
| unrealistic subjects, readily invited parody, Beggar's Opera | |
| laid tradition for American musical theatre | |
| subject matter changed; opera became more serious | |
| emerged from comic opera; most popular form of comedic theatre fr a time | |
| from the operetta, always advances plot; musical comedy | |
| 1st operetta | |
| Orpheus; cheerful melodies; wild and provocative can-can | |
| Provided fanciful world of escape; most popular for first two decades of 20th century | |
| HMS Pinnamore; Pirates of Penzance; two of most influential shows of early 1900's | |
| Most successful early British import; stage door Johnnies | |
| Lehar; 1905; waltz; 1 of most popular; opened way for tango, fox trot | |
| First American operetta; Victor Herbert; 1898 | |
| Herbert's crowning glory | |
| Romberg; 19th century Europe | |
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| started in the bowery; satire filled with smoking and drinking; songs about unfulfilled love | |
| wanted to legitimize vaudeville | |
| used castonets and tamborines, imitated slaves, Mr. Tambo and Mr. Bones, crazy dance scenes | |
| first famous black comedian | |
| 1st truly black musical; 1903 | |
| 1st black operas | |
| 1920's first musical hit done entirely by blacks | |
| 1919 prohibition | |
| 1st American musical 1866 | |
| greatest showman of early 20th century; 1907 Little Johnny Jones; 'Give my regards to Broadway;' only statue on Broadway | |
| 'Alexander's Ragtime Band;' create a form of song depicting emotions, ideals, etc; 1st ragtime musical; invented the American song | |
| interpolater of new, bright songs; Show Boat (breaks from tradition; 1927); Oklahoma!; laid foundation for musical drama | |
| (Kern), story became more important, songs should carry out action of play; songs had to suit moods | |
| Wizard of Oz | |
| 'Swanee;' Rhapsody in Blue; Porgy and Bess; Of Thee I Sing | |
| 1st musical to win Pulitzer in drama | |
| Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate (best musical)--music completely integrated into plot and character | |
| Jumbo!, Pal Joey | |
| Brazzy, jazy, classical music, satiric; all songs sound different | |
| Greatest American musical ever written | |
| choreographer who made a story with dance | |
| Brigadoon; My Fair Lady; Camelot | |
| One of the most revived shows in history | |
| Largest #1 album | |
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