"FIRST"
Who wrote a letter to his brother complaining about European singing with elaborate vocal ornamentation?
Benjamin Franklin
What was a popular "challenge-dance" that had originated among the slaves on southern plantations?
Cakewalk
How did the Broadway theater district get the nickname "The Great White Way"?
Electric lights replaced gas lights
In the 1903 Operetta version of The Wizard of Oz, instead of Toto, Dorothy's friend is a talking _______ named _______?
Cow named Imogene
Who was the first composer to make a living in the United States solely through sales of their music?
Stephen Foster
The verses of the song "Camptown Races" use what technique adapted from African American music?
Call and Response
What is "source music"
Music in a scene that makes sense realistically to hear
What was perhaps the most celebrated American operetta of the 19th Century?
Robin Hood
Which opera is considered the first "hit"?
Beggar's Opera
Who produced Showboat?
Ziegfeld
What is the famous story about Bert Williams at a bar?
Bartender said a drink was $1,000; Williams put down $5,000 and said he'd take five drinks
What was a castrati? Why was this done?
A boy castrated before puberty in order to keep the female-like high voice
Which show enjoyed the largest box office advance that any theater had seen to date?
Oh, Boy!
Which opera was the first opera performed in one of the original colonies?
Flora; or Hob in the Well
While sailing to New York, who was horrified to discover he had left the ACT I sheet music of their show back in England?
Sullivan
What popular musical style was pioneered by Scott Joplin and other African American composers? And how did it get that name?
Ragtime ("ragged" rhythms)
Opera was called "Singspiel" in which two countries?
Germany and Austria
Which "failed" American show ironically dominated musical theater worldwide?
The Belle of New York
Which show is considered the starting point of American musical theatre? (It's also considered the first "blockbuster" hit)
The Black Crook
Who wrote Babes in Toyland?
Victor Herbert
Which production was the first all-black presentation to play in a Broadway theater?
Oriental America
What kind of show puts much of its emphasis on various spectacle effects?
Scenery show
What do both acronyms ASCAP and BMI stand for?
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers; Broadcast Music Incorporated