entertainment of the late 1800s & early 1900s
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Entertainment of the late 1800s & early 1900s. By: Kelly Binning and Sabrina Orth. Live Performances. Vaudeville Included: Song/Dance, Comedy, and a chorus line of female performers. Barnum & Bailey Circus Yearly circus that came by train. Vaudeville. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Entertainment of the late 1800s & early 1900s
By: Kelly Binning and Sabrina Orth
Live Performances
• Vaudeville• Included: Song/Dance, Comedy, and a
chorus line of female performers.
• Barnum & Bailey Circus• Yearly circus that came by train.
Vaudeville
• Became more popular after “Sergeant's Great Vaudeville Company” was formed in 1871
• Benjamin Franklin Keith was the “father” of American Vaudeville• Developed the idea of a
“Continuous Vaudeville”• Many acts that
performed for 12 hours straight!
• Was originally for the enjoyment of the middle-class
•http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA02/easton/vaudeville/vaudevillemain.html
Barnum and Bailey Circus
• Phineas Taylor Barnum began life as a showman when he developed “Barnum’s American Museum”
• Included: “General Tom Thumb”, the Fiji Mermaid, Chang and Eng Bunker (Siamese Twins), and Anna Swan (the Giantess.)
• Eventually, this formed into the “Barnum and Bailey Circus.”
• His closest friend at the time was James Bailey, whom he went into business with.
• Bailey took over after P.T. Barnum died.
• After Bailey died, the Ringling Brothers took it over.
•http://www.jugglenow.com/circus-history.html
Music and Dance
• Scott Joplin • Pianist
• Ragtime Music• Became very popular during this time
period• The Cakewalk
• Accompanied Ragtime and Dixieland music
Scott Joplin
• When he was young, he had his first access to a piano at the house where his mother worked
• He was discovered by Julius Weiss who taught him further
• His first two publications were “Please Say You Will” and “A Picture of Her Face”
• In 1899, he developed his most famous rag, “Maple Leaf Rag”
• He was also skilled in playing the violin and cornet
• He died April 1st, 1917 due to tertiary syphilis
http://www.scottjoplin.org/biography.htm
Ragtime Music
• 4 main types:• “Classic” instrumental
rag• March-tempo piece for a
piano or band• Ragtime Songs
• Weren’t particularly “ragged” compared to most
• Syncopated Waltzes• Played in a ¾ time
signature• “Ragging” an existing
piece• Taking a well-known
melody and “jazzing” it up with syncopation
• Scott Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag” set off a ragtime craze
• Ragtime music and composers had a great impact on American Jazz that came later on• Influenced jazz musician,
“Jelly Roll” Morton• Influenced the development
of Dixieland music• Eventually, Ragtime died
out until the 1940s • A group of people began a
Ragtime Revival which didn’t catch on until the 1970s
•http://cnx.org/content/m10878/latest/
The Cakewalk
• The first (and probably most popular) dance that included African, European, and American traditions
• Originated as a dance competition between slaves on plantations
• Some moves can be related to the Irish Jig
• It influenced later dances:• The Charleston• The Lindy Hop• A group dance called the
“Big Apple”
•http://www.swingvirginia.com/reading/LindyHopOrigins-Thomas.html
Early Stars
• Sarah Burnhardt• Actress
• Lillie Langtry• Actress
• Jenny Lind• Singer
• Charlie Chaplin• Actor
• George L. Fox• Comedian
Sarah Burnhardt
• French actress born October 22, 1845• At the age of 13, she entered the
Conservatoire• She won prizes for acting in a
tragedy and comedy• Her first successes
• Cordelia in the French version of “King Lear”
• The queen in Victor Hugo’s “Ruy Blas”
• Zanetto in François Coppée's “Le Passant”
• In 1880-1881 she toured:• Denmark• Russia• America
• By 1896, she’d played 112 parts (38 that she’d created herself)
• In 1899, she played the part of Hamlet in the French version of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” with much success
•http://www.theatrehistory.com/french/bernhardt001.html
Lillie Langtry
• British Actress born October 13, 1853
• Before her acting career, she was well known for her beauty She appeared in London’s Haymarket and Lyceum theatres
• Her American debut was in the Park Theater, New York
• When she returned to England she was in:
• The ‘Degenerates’• ‘Belladonna’• ‘As you Like it’• ‘Anthony and Cleopatra’
• Her autobiography was published in 1925
• “The Days I Knew”
•http://www.hurstmereclose.freeserve.co.uk/html/lillie_langtry.html
Jenny Lind
• 1821 • Born in Stockholm, Sweden
• Age 10• She sang on the Stockholm
stage• At age 23
• She sang at festivals in Queen Victoria’s honor
• In 1847• First real concert
• P.T. Barnum realized her talent and advertised her shows
• Tickets sold easily in New York• She traveled to Paris where she
studied with Spanish vocal director, Manuel Garcia
• She died in 1887
•http://www.essortment.com/all/jennylind_rtiv.htm
Charlie Chaplin
• Born April 16th, 1889 in Walworth, England
• First stage appearance• Age 5, singing a song in the place of
his sick mother• Age 8
• Toured with the musical, “The Eight Lancaster Lads”
• Ages 17-24• In Fred Karno’s English Vaudeville
troupe• Toured in New York
• First movie• “Making a Living” (1914)
• After 1915, he wrote, directed, produced, scored, and starred in all his movies
• Won an Academy Award for “The Circus” (1928)
• Won an Oscar in 1929• 1975
• Knighted by the Queen of England
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000122/bio
George L. Fox
• Known as the “American Grimaldi”• (Grimaldi helped develop the
character of the Clown)• He introduced Grimaldi’s style
of “violent slapstick and topical satire” to America
• He gave over 1,000 performances on Broadway
• In 1867, he created his “Humpty Dumpty” production
• Ironically, he died of poisoning from the lead-based white clown makeup he wore
•http://www.clown-ministry.com/index_1.php/articles/george_fox_the_american_grimaldi_famous_white_face_clown/
The Silver Screen
• Made with• Silk or a synthetic fiber
• Tightly woven together and embedded with silver
• Used with low-power projectors• Downfalls
• Poor light distributors • Very narrow viewing angles• Hot-spotting (One part of the projection
“over saturates” the center, leaving the edges of the picture dark)
http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/silver-screen/
The First Movie
• The Great Train Robbery• Created in 1903• Directed by: Edwin S. Porter• Written by: Scott Marble• Runtime: 11 minutes• Summary: “The clerk at the
train station is assaulted and left tied by four men, then they rob the train threatening the operator. (They) take all the money and shoot a passenger when trying to run away. A little girl discovers the clerk tied and gives notice to the sheriff, who at once goes along with his men hunting the bandits.” –Michel Rudoy
• Starring: Justus D. Barnes and Gilbert M. Anderson
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000439/
Sports
• Baseball• Ice Hockey
• Founded
• Equestrian Sports
Baseball
• 1845• Alexander Cartwright published
a set of baseball rules. They were widely accepted
• 1869• Cincinnati Red Stockings were
the first salaried team• 1871
• National Association of Professional Baseball Players formed
• 1876• First major league (National
League) formed• 1884
• Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first African American major leaguer
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/jr1860s.html
Ice Hockey
• First played• Windsor, Nova Scotia, Kingston,
Ontario, Montreal, or Quebec• 1877
• First set of rules published in the Montreal Gazette
• 1888• The Amateur Hockey Association
of Canada formed• 1894
• First official hockey rink is opened in Baltimore, MA
• 1895• First international series matches
played by US colleges• 1900
• Goal net is first used• 1904
• International Hockey League formed
http://proicehockey.about.com/od/history/a/history_timelin.htm
Equestrian Sports
• 1820s• Montreal Foxhunt
established• 1840
• First steeplechase race held in Montreal
• 1900• First modern Olympic
events held in Paris• Show jumping, Long
jump, High jump• 1912
• Dressage and 3-day eventing introduced in Stockholm
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002633
The End
References• http://www.swingvirginia.com/reading/LindyHopOrigins-Thomas.html• http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA02/easton/vaudeville/vaudevillemain.html• http://www.jugglenow.com/circus-history.html• http://www.scottjoplin.org/biography.htm• http://cnx.org/content/m10878/latest/• http://www.clown-ministry.com/index_1.php/articles/george_fox_the_american_g
rimaldi_famous_white_face_clown/• http://www.theatrehistory.com/french/bernhardt001.html• http://www.hurstmereclose.freeserve.co.uk/html/lillie_langtry.html• http://www.essortment.com/all/jennylind_rtiv.htm• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000122/bio• http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/silver-screen/• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000439/• http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/jr1860s.html• http://proicehockey.about.com/od/history/a/history_timelin.htm• http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?
PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002633