Titanic, "The Launching: There She Is/ Loading Inventory / The Largest Moving Object" - Maury Yeston

Where is the oldest known image of sailing craft present?

Kuwait

How old is the oldest known image of sailing craft?

6th Millennium BCE

What areas of the world had the earliest known cultures to have widespread use of sails?

Mediterranean and Southeast Asia

What was Columbus’s observations of the dugout canoes in the Carribean?

Held up to 90 men and paddled to 6 knots per hour

What range of years is known as the Age of Sail in the Western World?

1450s to 1850s

How many days did the Mayflower’s voyage take?

66 days

What was the average amount of time it would take to cross the Atlantic ocean with fast clipper ships in the 1800s?

5 weeks

What poems did Goethe make that focus on sea voyages?

Meeresstille and Gluckliche Fahrt

What did Beethoven compose that coused on a sea voyage?

Meeresstille und Gluckliche Fahrt

What number was Beethoven’s work Meeresstille und Gluckliche Fahrt?

112

What programmatic orchestra did Christopher Gunning compose?

Night Voyage

Who is credited with developing the first successful steamboat?

Robert Fulton

What is the name of the first commercially successful steamboat?

Clermont

When was the first commercially successful steamboat developed?

1807

What cities did the Clermont travel to and from for its trial run?

NYC and Albany

How much time did it take the Clermont to travel between NYC and Albany?

32 hours

What was the time that most sailing vessels would need to travel between NYC and Albany before steamboats?

4 days

What was the first ship powered solely by steam to go Transatlantic?

Sirius

How many days did the Transatlantic voyage of Sirius take?

19 days

What was the average speed of Sirius on its Transatlantic voyage?

6.7 knots per hour or 161 miles per day

How long did Sirius hold the record of having the fastest Transatlantic voyage?

3.5 hours

What transatlantic vessel would beat Sirius’s record the same day?

Great Western

What was the average speed of the Great Western?

8.75 knots per hour or 210 miles per day

How many travelers could the Great Western carry?

148

What was the biggest ship in the world in 1912?

RMS Titanic

What does RMS stand for?

Royal Mail Ship

How many people could the RMS Titanic carry?

3,500 people

How many people were on board for Titanic’s first voyage?

2,223

How many people on board the RMS Titanic were passengers?

1,324 passengers

How many members of crew were on TItanic for its first voyage?

899 people

What month did the Titanic sail in for its first voyage?

April

How much time was the Titanic supposed to take for its Transatlantic voyage?

6 days

How many people survived the Titanic’s sinking?

706 people

What could have allowed more people to survive the Titanic’s sinking?

Update British regulations on legal number of lifeboats and make lifeboats completely full

When did the TItanic sink?

April 15, 1912

When was the rediscovery of the Titanic wreckage?

1985

When did the Challenger space shuttle explode?

1986

What did Maury Yeston find out about the inequality in survival rates of the Titanic passengers?

More first-class passengers got rescued compared to third-class travelers

What is a book in the theatrical world?

The overall plot and spoken dialogue

Who wrote the book for the musical theater Titanic?

Peter STone

Who wrote the lyrics for the musical theater Titanic?

Maury Yeston

What event did Maury Yeston draw parallels to the Titanic sinking?

Challenger space shuttle exploding

What award did Maury Yeston receive for the Titanic?

Best Original Musical Score from the Tonys

What Tonys award did Peter Stone receive?

Best Book of a Musical

What Tony Awards did the musical Titanic receive?

Best Scenic Design, Best Orchestrations, Best Musical Award of 1997

What city did the passengers board the Titanic?

Southampton, England

What countries would the Titanic stop in before going across the Atlantic?

France and Ireland

How did Broadway direct and producer Stuart Ostrow describe “There She Is”?

Worthy of Aaron Copland

What ballet scores did Aaron Copland make?

Billy the Kid, Rodeo, and Appalachian Spring

How many notes does the “a” melody take to go up an octave?

3

What time signature is “There She Is” in?

Common-time

What does the disjunct tune in “There She Is” feature?

Hemiola effect

What form is the “There She Is” segment of "The Launching” in?

AABA song form

How does the “A” melody change in “There She Is” when it is heard for the second time?

Its transposed 1 whole step higher and key signature changes from F major to G major

What are the nicknames of the “b” melody in song form?

Bridge or release

Describe the “b” melody in Titanic

Moves in Short, descending stepwise groups that are within a perfect 5th

What is the purpose of a segue?

Preventing audience from applauding

What is the final short song in “The Launching”?

The Largest Moving Object

Who first sings in “The Largest Moving Object”?

J. Bruce Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line and owner of Titanic

Who was the Titanic’s Captain?

Edward J. Smith

Who was the naval architect that designed the Titanic?

Thomas Andrews

What tempo is the final phrase in for the short song “The Largest Moving Object”?

Grandioso

What are all the song segments of “The Launching” in the musical Titanic called?

There She Is, Loading Inventory, The Largest Moving Object

How does “The Largest Moving Object” end?

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