MUSIC BETWEEN WARS

Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin starts with a glissando by which instrument?

This Pulitzer Prize-winning ballet by Aaron Copland had its origins in American history

What do we call film music heard only by the characters and not throughout the movie?

What label is given cutting edge or avant-garde music?

What coin-operated machine first appeared in 1927, allowing customers to choose up to 6 songs?

What type of musical theatre genre originated in Europe and became popular on Broadway

When did Billboard Charts - tracking success of recordings and sheet music - first start?

What were the top three money-making films of the 1940s?

The composers Edgard Varese, John Cage, and Henry Cowell were best known for what type of music

Musicians in Germany were required to join which musical organization?

What type of music came to life in the American South, most likely by African slaves?

The piece "The Banshee" uses which instrument?

The first jazz recording, by a group called Original Dixieland Jazz Band, was released when?

What types of songs were most popular in Tin Pan Alley

What do we call the still-popular songs of the Golden Age of Tin Pan Alley - 1920

Who was the composer of Afro-American Symphony, as well as a skilled orchestrator?

What was the nickname for the music-publishing hub that produced popular hits from 1880-1950s

Who was called the "Father of Big Band Jazz" because of his early work with swing?

By WWII, what percentage of homes in the US had a radio?

What term is given film music that parallels every gesture of action, usually for comic effect?

People who disliked operetta frequently preferred musical comedies because of?

When was the first commercial broadcasting license granted to a radio station?

What are some of the most common characteristics of Blues music?

When and where was the ISCM - Int'l Society for Contemporary Musis - established?

In country blues, a lone singer is usually accompanied by which instrument?

What did American inventor Lee de Forest invent, and what did he produce?