Classical & Swing
What is another name for Classic Jazz?
What is "New Orleans Style" Jazz?
Who is Miles Davis?
Caucasian performers of jazz were identified as _____?
Who is a Dixieland performer?
A person who writes music. is called _____________?
Who is a composer?
Musicals in the 1990's were often based on what ___________________?
What are Disney movies?
What is an operetta?
Coined the term "Jazz" in 1907?
Who is Jelly Roll Morten?
Composer/Performer of "Sing, Sing, Sing"?
Who is Benny Goodman?
The style of vocal jazz improvisation in which nonsense syllables are used to imitate the sound of an instrument is called _______________?
What is scat singing?
Lyrics to a song or aria in a musical are called ___________?
What is Libretto?
"Circle of Life" is from what famous show listened to in class?
What is the Lion King?
First musical to become a movie in 1943?
What is Oklahoma?
Instrumentation for the Swing Period?
What is Big Band?
Inventor of both Cool Jazz and Jazz Fusion?
Who is Miles Davis?
A period of jazz characterized by ‘big band’ in the late 1930’s and 1940’s?
What is Swing?
Name of the operetta we listened to in class?
What is Porgy and Bess?
What song and show did we here to represent musicals of the 1950's?
What is "Ya Got Trouble" from Music Man?
Who is the only composer to be both a lyricist and composer for his shows?
Who is Sondheim?
Composer of "Take the A-Train" who wrote over 1000 compositions during the Swing Period?
Who is Duke Ellington?
Inventors of Bebop Jazz?
Who are Dizzie Gillespie and Charlie Parker?
A spontaneous musical invention that is commonly associated with jazz is called _____________?
What is improvisation?
When a Character in a play or musical speaks to himself so that the audience gains further insight into their character its called ________________?
What is Soliloquy?
What show was the song "My Shot" taken from?
What is Hamilton?
Name of the British musical composer who became very popular in the 1980s in the USA?
Who is Andrew Lloyd Webber?
Prominent performer of "scat singing" during the Swing Period?
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
In Jazz, it is the mix of Latin and Jazz music is called ________________ ?
What is Bossa Nova?
Deliberate shifts of accent so that a melody goes against the steady beat conflicts with it, and tries to upset the steady pulse is called ___________?
What is syncopation?
Song from West Side Story that discussed issues of immigration and racial inequity?
What is "America?"
What is the name of the song from Hairspray that was listened to in class?
What is "Good morning Baltimore"
___________________- is an example of an operetta we listened to in class?
What is Porgy and bess?
What is plantation songs (slave songs)?
The common instrumentation for the Bebop (and classic Jazz) was called _____________________?
What is small combo?
Mixture of Jazz and Rock is called _______?
What is Jazz Fusion?
Person who writes the lyrics or libretto for music is called _________?
Who is a lyricist or librettist?
Give me the name of the lyricist in the popular writing team Rogers and Hammerstein?
Who is Hammerstein?
What is the primary difference between an opera and musical theater?
What is spoken dialogue?
Father of Classic Jazz, and leader of the Hot Five?
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Jazz singer from the listening sheet that improved on a JS Bach melody on the piano?
Who is Nina Simone?
Also known as West Coast Jazz, influenced by gospel and R&B music?
What is Hard Bop?
What was the message from the press conference song we watched in class?
What is "We both reached for the gun?"
Who was the puppet master in the musical Chicago?
Who is Billy Flynn (lawyer)?
A form of theatre that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance is called ____________?
What is Broadway Musical?