Minstrelsy, Vaudeville, and Tin Pan Alley

Who is considered by some to be the greatest American songwriter of the 19th century? His music was often performed in minstrel shows.

• Stephen Foster

• Irving Berlin

• George Gershwin

• Frank Sinatra

What was the name of the song publishing neighborhood/popular music establishment in New York City?

• Broadway

• Skid Row

• Tin Pan Alley

• Ragtime

A precursor to musical theatre, it centered around primarily white actors characterizing Black Americans.

• Tin Pan Alley

• Vaudeville

• Ragtime

• Blackface Minstrelsy

Theatrical genre of variety entertainment, beginning in the 1880s.

• Vaudeville

• Minstrelsy

• Tin Pan Alley

• Blues

Tin Pan Alley Composer, famous for writing "God Bless America" and "White Christmas"

• Frank Sinatra

• Irving Berlin

• George Gershwin

• Scott Joplin

America's 1st million copy sheet music seller (1892), composed by Charles K. Harris

• "After the Ball"

• "Old Folks at Home"

• "Home on the Range"

• "My Ragtime Gal"