MUS 1751 Chapter : Music App Exam 4
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The great white way- nickname given to times square in 1902 because of the lights at night. Tin pan alley: precursor of broadway: center of music business in new york city, attracted song dancers. Bland (1854-1911)- carry me back to ole virginny : ernest hogan- helped to create the genre, ragtime , european operettas- shapes earliest broadway productions, they were popular in the u. s. It was light comic entertainment: comic elements mixed with catchy tunes, spoken dialogue, popular british team, gilbert and sullivan, wrote operettas. The ziegfeld follies: beautiful women that were undressed. Characters: cap"n andy owner of the show boat cotton blossom , magnolia daughter of the captain, julie leading lady on the show boat; mulatto and passes for white. West side story, quintet, finale to act i, continued. Section a: orchestral introduction: aggressive rhythms, dissonant harmonies, jets sing together, alliteration ( rumble, etc. , sharks sing together, new ostinato rhythm, tension builds: the two gangs shout at each other.
