Songs/Genres
This traditional English folk tune is often sung at funerals.
What is Danny Boy?
This famous composer from the 1910's wrote “Puttin on the Ritz”, “White Christmas”, and “God Bless America”.
Who is Irving Berlin?
This famous ship sank in 1912. (some may call it a historical event that took place in 1912 COUGH COUGH WINK WINK)
What is The Titanic?
The first of this event occurred in 1911–Miss. Grosan thought it was a horse race, she was wrong, it’s cars.
What is The Indy 500?
This W.C. Handy piece is known as ““the jazzmen's Hamlet” and has an NHL team named after it.
What is the St. Louis Blues?
This English composer wrote The Planets suite, which includes a movement for each planet which is still one of the most popular orchestral works even today.
Who is Gustav Holst?
This is one of the US Presidents that served between 1910-1920.
Who is William Taft (1909-1913) or Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)?
This league was organized in 1917, featuring a team named after M.C. Handy’s hit, the “St. Louis Blues”.
What is the National Hockey League (NHL)?
Banjo was a key instrument in this subgenre of jazz music formed in New Orleans.
What is Dixieland jazz?
This songwriter and trumpeter grew up in a deeply religious family and had to keep his trumpet playing a secret for many years. Known as the “Father of the Blues,” he is one of the greatest and most influential songwriters in history. Two of his most famous songs include “Memphis Blues” and “St. Louis Blues.”
Who is W.C. Handy?
The U.S. entered this war in 1917 and it ended in 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles.
What is World War I (WWI)?
Henry Ford introduce this invention in 1913 that increased productivity and economic growth.
What is the assembly line?
The Star Wars soundtrack was inspired by this suite written by Gustav Holst.
What is The Planets Suite?
This singer/songwriter fled Jewish persecution to come to New York City. He taught himself piano but was only ever able to play comfortably on the black keys, so he eventually had a special piano made for him that would transpose his songs to a different key. Some of his most famous songs include “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business:”
Who is "Irving Berlin"?
This historical phenomenon peaked in 1910 and brought many of your ancestors to the United States.
What is Immigration?
This company was founded and created the first automatic car starter (Cadillac) in 1911.
What is Chevrolet Company (Chevy)?
This ballet by Igor Stravinsky was so controversial for its time that it incited a riot at its premiere in Paris.
What is Rite of Spring?
This is one of the reasons that the Original Dixieland Jazz Band played such an important role in music history.
first integrated musical group, toured and brought jazz outside of New Orleans, made records
This is one Amendment to the Constitution that was added in this decade and what that amendment did.
What is the 16th Amendment (Taxes), the 17th Amendment (Senators selected by election), 18th Amendment (Prohibition), or 19th Amendment (Women can vote)?
This is one way people listened to music in the 1910's.
What is live music, phonographs, or pianos in homes?