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Mass entertainment types in 19th century

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the circus, vaudeville, minstrel

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How did WC Handy compose ST Louis Blues

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After hearing the blues being sung by by someone in a train station

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Bessie Smith

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star singer of race records

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What happened to European art music in the 19th century

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symphonic music became more complex, tonality is broken up, reconfigured, abandoned

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What did the invention of the microphone allow for

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crooning

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S Wonderful by Frank Sinatra is an example of

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Tin Pan alley song

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When did the radio become famous

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1920’s-record industry suffered

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The swing era

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playing more syncopated songs for dancing, was the “psychological rescue” from the great depression

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Key features of Swing- Boogie Woogie

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rhythmic, using left hand walking bass, 12 bar blues

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hillbilly music

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Earliest form of country (blue yodel)

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Rural blues

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Piedmont, texas, delta- Robert Johnson (delta) “crossroad blues”

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Musicians strike of 1942-44

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union musicians not allowed to record (protest against low royalty payments)

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Post war changes to race records and hillbilly

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race records= R and B

hillbilly = country and western

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What year did rock and roll emerge?

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1955

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First movie to feature rock and roll

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Blackboard Jungle

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“Rock around the clock”

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Tin pan alley, was in Blackboard jungle, was controversial

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Sun Records

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Sam Phillips- recorded R and B artists and country, wanted to merge the two- Elvis Presley

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Elvis Presley first song

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Thats alright mama

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What is a crossover?

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When a song goes on more than one billboard

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How were the most famous rock and roll songs released?

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As independent labels

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Jerry lee Lewis

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Sun records- rockabilly style

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“tutti frutti” by little richard

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first hit single for little Richard, 12 bar blues, suggestive of sex

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Why was rock and roll considered a threat?

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people thought it would weaken the west, had a bad influence on teens

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“maybellene” by Chuck Berry

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His first big hit, merges R&B with country, 12 bar blues, cover song?

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"Peggy sue" by Buddy Holly
only famous for short time, 12 bar blues, hiccup vocal
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When was the death of rock and roll
1959
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Classic jazz
Traditional and swing
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modern jazz
bebop and other versions
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Swing jazz key componants
music for dancing and entertainment
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bebop jazz key componants
music for listening/ art music
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How did bebop develop
from after hour jam sessions
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Charlie Parker
Co founder of bebop, was a saxophonist who came from swing bands
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"Koko" by Charlie parker
32 bar blues, based on swing called "Cherokee"
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Dizzy gillespie
co founder of bebop, trumpet, wanted to bring bebop back to entertainment
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"Manteca" by Dizzy Gillespie
example of latin jazz
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Thelonious Monk
pianist and modern jazz composer, co founder of bebop
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What is the main modern jazz composition
32 bar form
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Cool jazz
relaxed, complex (like bebop)
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Who developed cool jazz?
Miles Davis
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Hard bop/ soul jazz
blended soul and gospel, attempt to make jazz danceable again (against bebop and cool jazz)
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Modal jazz (miles Davis again)
simple chord progression = more freedom for improv, abandons conventional harmony
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Avant Garde Jazz
No AABA form, abandons normal structure
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Beatles start
copied the great rock and rollers, working class boys,
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The Beatles first era
couldn't hear the music in concert, lots of touring and performing
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Beatles second era
began to represent counter culture, no more live performances, only studio recordings
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rock counterculture
values and norms differ from mainstream society
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Bob dylan
Started as protest folk singer, then switched to rock, represented the counter culture
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"Like a rolling stone" Bob Dylan
example of folk rock using electric instruments, became anthem of the counterculture
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Bands that came to the US after the Beatles
Dave Clark Five, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who
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The Rolling Stones
middle class, were marketed as raunchy, kept rock simple
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Break through hit for the stones
I can't get no satisfaction, rock song with guitar riff
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The Beach Boys
California, sophisticated harmonies, competed with Beatles
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Key feature of "God Only Knows"
Ambiguous tonality
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Psychedelic Rock
drugs and counterculture, experiments with music
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Example of psychedelic rock and inspiration
"white rabbit" Jefferson airplane, inspired by miles Davis modal jazz and Spanish rhythms
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The Who
Part of the second British Invasion, famous for destroying instruments
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Intertxtuality/ code switching
alternating between to languages,
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What was music like by the end of the 1960's?
rock was art music, albums became dominant, long songs instead of short, Rock concerts became tribal gatherings
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Late 60's rock
marketed to young whites, large festivals
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Late 60's jazz
marketed to affluent whites (art music), started to decrease in popularity
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Late 60's R&B
Marketed to blacks
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Late 60's country
marketed to rural whites
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1960's Af Am Art
Free (Avant garde) jazz- abandons normal structure, not very popular in the 60's
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1960'S AF AM entertainment
Soul music- combined blues, gospel and jazz
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James Brown
popular soul singer for black audiences in the late 60's
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Sly and the family stone- type of music
soul merged with rock = funk
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Miles Davis
explored avant garde jazz, then merged jazz and rock = fusion jazz
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Fusion Jazz
mix of jazz and rock, rejects tin pan alley standards- "Bitches Brew" Miles Davis
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Listening example for Funk
Superstition, appealed to both black and whites
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Progressive rock (early 1970's)
art rock for middle class youth, greater virtuosity
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What happened in the late 70's?
Music went from complex back to simple (dance music)
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Beginning of disco
started as independent labels, dance music of cultural outsiders (gays, blacks)
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The disco craze
marketed to mainstream audiences by large labels (Saturday night fever)
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1970's rock- art
Hard rock and progressive rock
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1970's rock- entertainment
Punk rock and new wave- high energy, simpler forms
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The sex pistols
UK funk revolt
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Punk
Fast tempo, loud, simple, short songs
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What did the Naughty Women do (late 70's)
combined glam rock with punk rock = glam punk
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Bob Marley
Raggae- fighting racism
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First music video broadcast by MTV
Video killed the radio star
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Michael Jackson
king of cross over (and pop), helped integrate MTV
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Rap
vocal style focused on spoken lyrics
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Hip Hop
expressive form featuring rap, dancing, ghetto
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The break (hip hop)
playing the most dancable part of the record
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First rap song to go mainstream
Rapper's Delight by the Sugarhill gang
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"The message" by Grandmaster flash
first rap hit to address urban realities
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Crossover in hip hop
"walk this way" with Run DMC and Aerosmith
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Late 80's/90's rap
social message of rap intensifies, East coast vs west coast rivalry
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Grunge
Nirvana- part of alternative rock movement, punk + alternative rock
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Radiohead
British art rock in 90's

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