Ragtime
Known as the "King of Ragtime."
Who is Scott Joplin?
The city where Early Broadway developed.
What is New York City?
This region of the United States is considered the birthplace of the blues.
What is the Mississippi Delta?
Name of B.B King's guitar
Who is Lucille?
The instrument King David played in the Biblical story and in the song
What is a harp?
The dance that influenced the development of ragtime.
What is the Cakewalk?
The musical that became the first major Broadway hit written and performed by African Americans.
What is Shuffle Along?
This era of American history saw the birth of the blues.
What is Reconstruction?
The country where Josephine Baker became an international star.
What is France?
The city associated with "Black Broadway."
What is Washington, D.C.?
This hand keeps the steady pulse in traditional ragtime piano.
What is the left hand?
The performer whose Broadway career began in Shuffle Along before becoming an international star.
Who is Josephine Baker?
This system of labor shaped the lives of many early blues musicians.
What is sharecropping?
The musical style introduced to Broadway audiences through Shuffle Along.
What is Jazz?
DAILY DOUBLE: The fictional character in Sinners based " Sammie" on this real-life blues legend.
Who is Buddy Guy
The Black social club that inspired the title of Joplin's most famous composition.
What is the Maple Leaf Club?
DAILY DOUBLE: The production that became the first full-length musical written and performed by African Americans at a major Broadway theater.
What is In Dahomey?
Known as the "Mother of the Blues."
Who is Ma Rainey?
The rhythmic feature that gives ragtime its "ragged" sound.
What is syncopation?
The American war in which Josephine Baker served as a resistance agent.
What is World War II?
The publication format that made Maple Leaf Rag one of the best-selling works in American history.
What is sheet music?
This annual awards ceremony featured the 2016 revival of Shuffle Along.
What are the Tony Awards?
This blues singer helped bring the genre to theaters, recordings, and national audiences alongside Ma Rainey.
Who is Bessie Smith?
The entertainment district in Washington, D.C., known as "Black Broadway."
What is U Street?
These composers changed Broadway history with the creation of Shuffle Along.
The pair Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle?