Submitted by Jane B. Rivera

Idea posted October 23, 2002

  • Stephen Foster's first big hit was ___________.
  • Katherine Lee Bates wrote the words for ___________.
  • The music was written by ___________.
  • John Philip Sousa became famous as the ___________. His most famous march was ___________.
  • George M. Cohan was the father of ___________.
  • He wrote ___________.
  • Irving Berlin was born in Russia, but wrote ___________.
  • Slaves sang songs called ___________.
  • Work songs became called ___________.
  • Scott Joplin wrote the ___________.
  • When people are sad they may sing the ___________.
  • Jazz came from the city of ___________.
  • Gospel, blues, ragtime, and jazz brought ___________ and ___________ people together on the same stage.