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Scott Joplin
Ragtime, 1900 |
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George Gershwin
Modernist Experiment-Jazz, 1925 |
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Louis Armstrong
Early Jazz, 1925 |
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Duke Ellington
Big Band Swing, 1940 |
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Henry Cowell
Modernist Experiment-Classical, 1925 |
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Paul Robeson
Arranged Worksong, 1925 |
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W.M. Stepp
Appalachian Fiddle Tune, Trad. |
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Aaron Copland
Ballet scene, 1945 |
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Robert Johnson
Delta Blues (Race Music), 1940 |
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Big Mama Thornton
Rhythm & Blues, 1950 |
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A.P. Carter
Country (Hillbilly Music), 1935 |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky (#1) |
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Bill Monroe
Bluegrass, 1945 |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky (#2) |
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Elvis Presley
Rockabilly, 1955 |
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Jean Ritchie
Anglo-American Ballad, Trad. |
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Bob Dylan
Urban Folk, 1960 |
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Gil Scott-Heron
Spoken Word, 1970 |
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Public Enemy
Conscious Hip Hop, 1990 |
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| Arranged Spirituals and Worksongs |
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| Jubilee and Gospel Quartets |
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| Where songwriters would go and play their songs over and over (plug them) so performers would hear them and perform them |
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| African American tradition, played at parties and dance halls, “ragged time”, offbeats and syncopation |
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| Religious themed, rejoicing songs. Often black ensembles, can be solo w/instrument or multi part. |
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| The English and Scottish Popular Ballads |
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| The Child Ballads; a book series containing Francis James Child’s commentary on 305 ballads and all known variants |
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| Lomax and Seeger families |
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Lomax: song collector, his son Alan traveled around recording, discovered Leadbelly (Af. Am. prisoner)
Seger: Married to Ruth Crawford. Son Pete had banjo chops |
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| “Grapes of Wrath” concert |
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| Woodie Guthrie. Farm-Aid esque concert, political tool, supporting farmers |
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| Explosion of American culture, part of the Great Migration around New York, mainly |
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| Was looking for talent in the south, found Fiddlin’ John Carson. Also found Mamie Smith and the Blues Hounds |
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| Race Records and Hillbilly Records |
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| Guy with guitar, blues form, 1930’s |
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| 1920’s, theatrical element, blues shouter with band |
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| Electric guitar, bass, drums, horns, etc. More modern type of blues |
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| Cultural explosion with new modern music in America |
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| Started as a term for Race music, similar to urban folk and rock |
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| Schtick comedy, vaudevillian, medicine shows, dance music and singing |
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| Signature fast style, mandolin or banjo primary instrument |
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| Blends country and bluegrass |
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| Paul Whiteman, wanted to break style of sweeping melodies and triad harmonies. Disjunct melodies, unpredictable |
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| Experiment in Modern Music |
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| Rite of Spring, Banshee. Using ensemble orchestra in different ways |
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| Bands performed at speakeasies, cornet/trumpet, clarinet, rhythm section, dance music. |
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| Developed from a syncopated, uneven style. Less clarinet than early jazz, banjo replaced by guitar |
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| 1945, soloists really important, small combos with rhythm section, used for showing off their skills. Framed by head at the beginning and end (in and out) |
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| White alternative to R. Demographic was young teens who were unhappy with their lives in the burbs. |
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| Popular music. People would write a folk song and popular artists would popularize it |
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| 1960s producer. Hitmaker, produced many big names. Said performers didnt matter, only the producer matters. WALL OF SOUND |
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| Good Vibrations. Studio work, only made in the studio |
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| Mainly Af. Am. tradition, passionate singing and playing. Two major labels, Stax and Motown |
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| Memphis record label. Picks a singer to spotlight, house band, live studio recording (Soulsville, USA). Blacker sound |
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| Barry Gordy, Hitsville USA. One singer in foreground, backups in back, instruments not present at performances |
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| Spoken word hip hop artist and poet, “Whitey on the Moon” |
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| Understanding. Working a preexisting thing into a new way. Bragadocious |
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| Taking a beat from an existing song and talking over it |
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| Master of ceremonies. “Rapper”, would be the one talking over the beats |
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| Would make the beats and spin the records |
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| DJs would show off skill at turntables, laying down beats |
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| Taking bits of prerecorded beats for songs, “Good Times” |
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