Deck 18: Music for Theatre and Film

Question 1

The basic story of Rent dates back to

A) nineteenth century Italy
B) ancient Greeks
C) eighteenth century Britain
D) nineteenth century America

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following resembles a minstrel show,but added a wider variety of entertainment such as circus stunts and comedy teams?

A) vaudeville shows
B) burlesque
C) operetta
D) musical

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Oscar Hammerstein II was best known as a

A) composer
B) lyricist
C) choreographer
D) musical editor

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Many current musicals retell nineteenth-century Italian operas.

Question 5

Bubbling Brown Sugar is considered a black musical.

Question 6

Which of the following began as a kind of variety show that ridiculed something important,such as political situations?

A) vaudeville
B) burlesque
C) revue
D) follies

Question 7

Give My Regards to Broadway and Yankee Doodle Boy were written by

A) Leonard Bernstein
B) Jerome Kern
C) Will Marion Cook
D) George M. Cohan

Question 8

The "concept musical" genre dates from the 1930s.

Question 9

Gilbert and Sullivan were early twentieth century American operetta composers.

Question 10

Which of the following duos is best known for vaudeville that featured Irish and German ethnic comedy sketches?

A) Harrigan and Hart
B) Gilbert and Sullivan
C) Herbert and Romberg
D) Rodgers and Hart

Question 11

Irene and Vernon Castle were pioneers in which of the following traditions?

A) the satirization of politics
B) the bickering married couple on stage
C) the dancing couple on stage
D) solo singers joining for a duet

Question 12

Which of the following is a current American composer who is sometimes considered America's premiere composer for the musical stage?

A) John Kander
B) Claude-Michel Schonberg
C) Andrew Lloyd Webber
D) Stephen Sondheim

Question 13

Broadway has widely embraced jazz in its musical scores.

Question 14

The tendency to revive old musicals in the 1990s was largely associated with rising production costs.

Question 15

West Side Story is a retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Question 16

Which of the following is not a rock musical?

A) Hair
B) Jesus Christ Superstar
C) West Side Story
D) Godspell

Question 17

A musical variety show with a common theme is called a

A) revue
B) operetta
C) musical
D) chamber musical

Question 18

Which best defines "patter?"

A) rapid interchanges of ethnic jokes
B) fast-changing chord progressions
C) quickly-stated, multi-syllabic words
D) groups of solo singers singing simultaneously

Question 19

A "book show" is a musical based on a famous novel.

Question 20

Which of the following marked the end of the long-running Ziegfeld Follies?

A) World War I
B) the Great Depression
C) World War II
D) the Civil War

Question 21

Which of the following shows became famous as a record album before it was produced on stage?

A) West Side Story
B) Jesus Christ Superstar
C) Godspell
D) Guys and Dolls

Question 22

Which of the following strongly integrates songs,dances and instrumental pieces with a story?

A) operetta
B) revue
C) vaudeville
D) burlesque

Question 23

The first outstanding composers of American operettas were from

A) New York
B) Broadway
C) Europe
D) Chicago

Question 24

The musical comedy blended elements of

A) vaudeville and minstrelsy
B) operetta and vaudeville
C) opera and burlesque
D) minstrelsy and revues

Question 25

The landmark show of the 1920s was

A) Oklahoma
B) Show Boat
C) Kiss Me Kate
D) Lady Be Good

Question 26

"Patter songs" are an expected feature of which of the following?

A) burlesque
B) Gilbert and Sullivan shows
C) vaudeville
D) minstrel

Question 27

The famous song "Ol' Man River" was written for

A) Show Boat
B) West Side Story
C) Annie Get Your Gun
D) Carousel

Question 28

"Saturday Night Live" follows in which of the following traditions?

A) vaudeville
B) burlesque
C) revue
D) follies

Question 29

The man who virtually invented the American musical comedy was

A) Leonard Bernstein
B) Eubie Blake
C) Jerome Kern
D) George M. Cohan

Question 30

Irene and Vernon Castle were famous ____________ on the Broadway stage.

A) singers
B) comedians
C) dancers
D) lyricists

Question 31

The Crash of 1929 and the availability of home radios led to which of the following?

A) fewer music readers in America
B) a decrease in the popularity of Broadway musicals
C) the creation of the burlesque
D) an increase in the number of vaudeville shows

Question 32

Satire that ridicules the important,or that treats something silly with mock dignity is called

A) operetta
B) revue
C) vaudeville
D) burlesque

Question 33

The operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan are primarily

A) sentimental
B) patriotic
C) suspenseful
D) comic

Question 34

Which one of the following composers wrote A Little Night Music and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum?

A) Stephen Sondheim
B) Leonard Bernstein
C) Richard Rodgers
D) George Gershwin

Question 35

The 1942 movie Yankee Doodle Dandy is about the life of

A) George M. Cohan
B) Leonard Bernstein
C) George Gershwin
D) Richard Rodgers

Question 36

Which of the following was not a famous lyricist?

A) Eubie Blake
B) Lorenz Hart
C) Ira Gershwin
D) Oscar Hammerstein II

Question 37

Which of these Broadway musicals preceded the others?

A) West Side Story
B) Oklahoma
C) Show Boat
D) Camelot

Question 38

Show Boat and Oklahoma both moved the Broadway musical in new directions.Describe several innovations that each show inspired in future Broadway musicals.