Match the following:

a. Tin Pan Alley
b. march
c. melisma
d. cakewalk
e. call-and-response
f. interlocutor
g. interpolation
h. waltz song
i. trio
j. minstrel show
k. olio
l. parlor song
m. songster
n. vaudeville
1. Part of a song that offers a new melody, a contrasting mood, and usually is in a different key.
2. An 1800s variety show consisting of thematically unrelated musical acts and skits.
3. A dance fad of the 1890s.
4. Musical exchanges between a leader and the group.
5. A piece of popular music with three beats in a measure.
6. Songs written with the intention of being performed in someone's living room.
7. The nickname for the "street" in New York City where music publishing was headquartered.
8. The mid-1800 entertainment form which gave rise to American musical theater.
9. A dance or outdoor type of music with two beats per measure.
10. A book containing the lyrics of a popular song.
11. A section in a minstrel show that featured a wide range of acts.
12. The insertion of a song into a musical comedy simply because it was a popular piece.
13. Several notes sung to a single syllable.
14. The straight man in a minstrel show who would ask questions of the endman and invite comical
responses.


1. ANS: I PTS: 1
2. ANS: N PTS: 1
3. ANS: D PTS: 1
4. ANS: E PTS: 1
5. ANS: H PTS: 1
6. ANS: L PTS: 1
7. ANS: A PTS: 1
8. ANS: J PTS: 1
9. ANS: B PTS: 1
10. ANS: M PTS: 1
11. ANS: K PTS: 1
12. ANS: G PTS: 1
13. ANS: C PTS: 1
14. ANS: F PTS

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