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American musicals were most often written and produced... |
| | A) | in Hollywood, California. |
| | B) | on or near Broadway in New York. |
| | C) | as vaudeville shows. |
| | D) | in London before coming to America. |
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Which of the following is NOT a feature of the ballad opera? |
| | A) | usually based on popular stories or political satire |
| | B) | spoken dialogue instead of sung recitative |
| | C) | the songs were fitted to short, popular melodies |
| | D) | long, dramatic arias |
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Who wrote "Oklahoma," "South Pacific," and "The Sound of Music?" |
| | A) | Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| | B) | George M. Cohan |
| | C) | George Gershwin |
| | D) | Gilbert and Sullivan |
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Which of the following is NOT a Gilbert and Sullivan European operetta? |
| | A) | H.M.S. Pinafore |
| | B) | Grand Old Flag |
| | C) | The Pirates of Penzance |
| | D) | The Mikado |
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Which of the following statements is NOT true about musicals? |
| | A) | Musicals typically have less elaborate costumes and staging than opera. |
| | B) | Singers often sing their roles in a musical six to eight times a week. |
| | C) | One of the greatest strengths of the musical is that the songs often become popular on their own. |
| | D) | Musicals usually have smaller orchestras than operas. |
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Musicals usually... |
| | A) | use one song after another to help relate the story. |
| | B) | concentrate on the drama of their plots. |
| | C) | have songs that require quite a lot of vocal training to sing them. |
| | D) | have a conductor on stage. |
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Which of the following is a rock-based or influenced musical? |
| | A) | "Hair" |
| | B) | "Porgy and Bess" |
| | C) | "West Side Story" |
| | D) | "The Beggar's Opera" |
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What was the first popular ballad opera? |
| | A) | Showboat |
| | B) | South Pacific |
| | C) | The Beggar's Opera |
| | D) | Sweeney Todd |
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Which of the following is NOT associated with composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim? |
| | A) | lyricist for "West Side Story" |
| | B) | an avoidance of the types of songs that are easy to sing out of context |
| | C) | "On the Town," "Wonderful Town," and "Candide" |
| | D) | "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," "A Little Night Music," and "Sweeney Todd" |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals are more like operas because.... |
| | A) | the vocalists must have operatic singing skills to perform these musicals. |
| | B) | acting skills are secondary to singing skills in these musicals. |
| | C) | the dialogue is sung instead of spoken. |
| | D) | the singers are amplified. |
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Most Broadway musicals of the 1920s and 1930s were based on ... |
| | A) | stories with a serious tone. |
| | B) | the light "boy-meets-girl-and they-fall-in-love" genre of stories. |
| | C) | German and Italian operas. |
| | D) | Shakespeare plays. |
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Which of the following is not associated with Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story?" |
| | A) | Romeo and Juliet |
| | B) | Sharks and Jets |
| | C) | African American community in South Carolina |
| | D) | jazzy, Latin-influenced music |
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