Midterm 1
Music 162 with Dollas/pogwizd at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
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By: Lauren Miller
Created: 2010-10-23
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3 Streams of Music?
1. European American
2. Latin American
3. African American
2. Latin American
3. African American
Ballads
European song, usually consisting of historical/tragic matter.
- Strophic form: series of verses with same melody, w or w/o chorus.
- Pre-1850s
- Stephen Foster- first us songwriter, wrote lots of ballads.
Stephen Foster
1850's.
- First full time US songwriter.
- Influenced by minstrel songs and ballads, sentimental style
- AABA form typically
- "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" ***
Tin Pan Alley
Began around 1885
- Publishing center on NYC on 28th street
- Eastern Euro Jewish Immigrants
- "Song pluggers"
Thomas Dartmouth Rice
- Born poor in NY
- "Jump Jim Crow" - international hit 1829, "Zip Coon"
- Father of Minstrelsy
"Jump Jim Crow"
Song about a slave, sung in a hybrid dialect
Originated in Irish/British Tradition
Thomas Dartmouth Rice - 1829
Originated in Irish/British Tradition
Thomas Dartmouth Rice - 1829
"Zip Coon"
Ballad Form
Depicts urban Northern Blacks
Thomas Dartmouth Rice - 1820s/30sish
Depicts urban Northern Blacks
Thomas Dartmouth Rice - 1820s/30sish
John Philip Sousa
1854-1932
"March King"
US's first big band supergroup.
"Stars and Stripes Forever"
"March King"
US's first big band supergroup.
"Stars and Stripes Forever"
Scott Joplin
Part of the ragtime craze (1896-1918).
Most well known ragtime composer for piano works.
Syncopated music!
"Maple Leaf Rag" 1890
Sectional form: AABBACCDD
Most well known ragtime composer for piano works.
Syncopated music!
"Maple Leaf Rag" 1890
Sectional form: AABBACCDD
Dance Fads: early 20th century
Shift towards couple dances
Animal dances - bunny hug, turkey trot, fox-trot
Animal dances - bunny hug, turkey trot, fox-trot
Vernon and Irene Castle
Spread social dances, invented the fox-trot, media figures, dance teachers
James Reese Europe
Black musician and bandleader.
1913 - Europe Society Orchestra - 1st black group to sign a record deal.
Played for the Castles.
The Hell Fighters Band - WWI
"Castle House Rag" ***
1913 - Europe Society Orchestra - 1st black group to sign a record deal.
Played for the Castles.
The Hell Fighters Band - WWI
"Castle House Rag" ***
James Reese Europe
ragtime, syncopated, early 1910 - 1920
Dance music
1914
ragtime, syncopated, early 1910 - 1920
Dance music
1914
Don Azpiazu and His Havana Casino Orchestra (1930)
Rise of crazes for Latin American dance music
clave
syncopation
Rise of crazes for Latin American dance music
clave
syncopation
"The Jazz Singer" ***
1927 - Al Jolson
What makes jazz different...
Improvisation
Emphasis on brass section
Extensive fan base
after WWI it really began to get popular
Emphasis on brass section
Extensive fan base
after WWI it really began to get popular
New Orleans/Dixieland Jazz
Earliest type of jazz
Emerged in early 1900s
First record in 1917
Emerged in early 1900s
First record in 1917
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Led by Nick LeRocca
"Tiger Rag"
"Tiger Rag"
Stephen Foster
Irish Sentimental Style
AABA
Irish Sentimental Style
AABA
Recorded 1918
Nick LaRocca and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band
New Orleans Style Jazz
reminds me of clowns....kinda kazooish
Nick LaRocca and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band
New Orleans Style Jazz
reminds me of clowns....kinda kazooish
Paul Whiteman
"King of Jazz" 1890-1967
Led the Ambassador Orchestra - Arrangement over improv
"Whispering" 1920 - #1 for 11 weeks
Led the Ambassador Orchestra - Arrangement over improv
"Whispering" 1920 - #1 for 11 weeks
Vaudeville
1880-1930
Animal Acts, Burlesque, Comedy
Influenced by Minstrelsy/Euro plays
Influenced today's variety shows
Animal Acts, Burlesque, Comedy
Influenced by Minstrelsy/Euro plays
Influenced today's variety shows
AL Jolson
1886-1950
Russian Jewish Immigrant
Vaudeville, blackface, jazz
Most popular performer in "pre-microphone" era
"The Jazz Singer" 1927
"April SHowers"
Russian Jewish Immigrant
Vaudeville, blackface, jazz
Most popular performer in "pre-microphone" era
"The Jazz Singer" 1927
"April SHowers"
TPA & Broadway
Mutually beneficial relationship
Shift from shows centered around music to plot driven
Show Boat (1927)
Oklahoma! (1943)
Shift from shows centered around music to plot driven
Show Boat (1927)
Oklahoma! (1943)
Electric Microphone
1925
Gene Austin
Early "crooner", softer more intimate vocal style after invention of the electric microphone
1927
Best Selling Record of the Era
Use of cello "high class instrument"
Gene Austin
Best Selling Record of the Era
Use of cello "high class instrument"
Gene Austin
Irving Berlin
Born Isreal Baline : Russian Jewish Immigrant
Prolific Composer 1920-1960s
Wrote an average of 3-7 songs a week
"Blue Skies" in Jazz Singer
"White Christmas"
"How Deep is the Ocean"
Prolific Composer 1920-1960s
Wrote an average of 3-7 songs a week
"Blue Skies" in Jazz Singer
"White Christmas"
"How Deep is the Ocean"
Al Jolson
1921 and 1932
Slow sentimental ballad
1921 and 1932
Slow sentimental ballad
George Gershwin
Composed concert + popular music
Worked w/ Paul Whiteman composing Rhapsody in Blue
Incorporated element of African American music into his works
Porgy & Bess (1935) folk opera
"Summertimes" example of a standard
Worked w/ Paul Whiteman composing Rhapsody in Blue
Incorporated element of African American music into his works
Porgy & Bess (1935) folk opera
"Summertimes" example of a standard
Bing Crosby - talented crooner, recorded 1932
TPA style
Written by Irving Berlin
TPA style
Written by Irving Berlin
Race Records
Rises 1920s-1940s
Term coined by Ralph Peer
Music Production designed for blacks, usually blues
Term coined by Ralph Peer
Music Production designed for blacks, usually blues
Mamie Smith
The first singer labeled as "race records"
Singer, Vaudeville performer, promoted bues, jazz, gospel
"Crazy Blues" 1920
Singer, Vaudeville performer, promoted bues, jazz, gospel
"Crazy Blues" 1920
George Gershwin
AABA, uptempo, syncopation
AABA, uptempo, syncopation
Classic Blues
12 bar blues pattern, pentonic scale
WC Handy discovered the style around 1905
WC Handy discovered the style around 1905
WC Handy
"Father of the Blues" 1873- 1958
Educated, middle class, black
First sheet music hit was "Memphis Blues" 1912
Biggest hit was "St. Louis Blues" 1923
Educated, middle class, black
First sheet music hit was "Memphis Blues" 1912
Biggest hit was "St. Louis Blues" 1923
Bessie Smith
One of the greatest blues singers of all time
"Empress of the Blues"
Sang "St. Louis Blues" 1923
"Empress of the Blues"
Sang "St. Louis Blues" 1923
Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong
Profoundly influenced development of mainstream popular singing between 1920s and 1930s
Best known black musician in the world by 1930s
55 singles in the top 20
*** St. Louis Bues
Best known black musician in the world by 1930s
55 singles in the top 20
*** St. Louis Bues
Country Blues
Early pioneer of the delta blues style
"Tom Rushen Blues" (1929)
Early pioneer of the delta blues style
"Tom Rushen Blues" (1929)
Tom Rushen Blues
12 bar blues form
AAB form
About a jailhouse escapade
AAB form
About a jailhouse escapade
Blind Lemon Jefferson
First country blues star
Traveling Blues Performer
East Texas style, african american, denied share of profits
"That Black Snake Moan" 1926
Traveling Blues Performer
East Texas style, african american, denied share of profits
"That Black Snake Moan" 1926
"That Black Snake Moan"
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Suggestive Metaphor...haha.
Country Blues
Suggestive Metaphor...haha.
Country Blues
Robert Johnson
Legend. One of the most influential country blues artists of all time.
Mythology of life.. sold hhis sould to devil for his ability to play guitar
Only 11 records released. Huge influence on rock and roll music, Died at 27 1911-1938
"Cross Road Blues"
Mythology of life.. sold hhis sould to devil for his ability to play guitar
Only 11 records released. Huge influence on rock and roll music, Died at 27 1911-1938
"Cross Road Blues"
"Cross Road Blues"
1936
Robert Johnson, African American
Mississippi Delta Blues
Robert Johnson, African American
Mississippi Delta Blues
Hillbilly Records
Commercial designation for early country music
Rural, poor, southern whites
Simplistic values, family, God
Early 1920s
Rural, poor, southern whites
Simplistic values, family, God
Early 1920s
Fiddlin' John Carson
1st commercially successful country artist
1923: recordings made by Okeh records, led by talent scout Raiph Peer
1923: recordings made by Okeh records, led by talent scout Raiph Peer
Vernon Dalhart
Texan light opera singer, recorded 1st country music hits
"The Prisoner's SOng" 1924
"The Prisoner's SOng" 1924
Pioneers of Country
2 archetypes developedThe Carter Family - the family
Jimmie Rodgers - the outlaw
The Carter Family
"Gospel Ship" 1935
gospel music bridged gap between popular and spiritual music. Comparable to...
"Sun didn't Shine" Golden Gate Quartet - amazingness. African American group
gospel music bridged gap between popular and spiritual music. Comparable to...
"Sun didn't Shine" Golden Gate Quartet - amazingness. African American group
Jimmie Rodgers
"Blue Yodel No. 1" 1929
influence of blues
influence of blues
Swing
Swing Fever from 1935-1945
Huge impact on youth culture
Originated in Dixieland Jazz, blues, orchestral dance music
Highly syncopated
Huge impact on youth culture
Originated in Dixieland Jazz, blues, orchestral dance music
Highly syncopated
Fletcher Henderson
1897-1952
Early swingband leader
"Wrappin' it Up" ***
Early swingband leader
"Wrappin' it Up" ***
1909-1986
Led most famous band of the era, clarinetist
Career boosted by John Hammond, went to Carnegie Hall
*** KNOW THIS***"Taking a Chance on Love" 1940
Arranged by Fletcher Henderson, swing version of AABA
Led most famous band of the era, clarinetist
Career boosted by John Hammond, went to Carnegie Hall
*** KNOW THIS***"Taking a Chance on Love" 1940
Arranged by Fletcher Henderson, swing version of AABA
Kansas City, Missouri Pianist/bandleader, African American
** "One o'clock Jump" - Count Basie Orchestra 1937
12 Bar Blues FOrm
** "One o'clock Jump" - Count Basie Orchestra 1937
12 Bar Blues FOrm
Edward Kennedy aka "Duke" Ellington
One of the most influential American composers of all time, African American
Cotton Club in Harlem, NY (1927-1931)
Growling sound of muted trumpet
"The New East St. Louis Toodle-o" Duke Ellington and hus Famous Orchestra (1937)
Cotton Club in Harlem, NY (1927-1931)
Growling sound of muted trumpet
"The New East St. Louis Toodle-o" Duke Ellington and hus Famous Orchestra (1937)
Trombonist, band leader
1939-1942: most popular dance band in the world
Peppy, clean sounding style
***"In the Mood" 1931***
Best known recording of the swing era
12 bar blues w/ bridge, famous improvised trumpet solo
1939-1942: most popular dance band in the world
Peppy, clean sounding style
***"In the Mood" 1931***
Best known recording of the swing era
12 bar blues w/ bridge, famous improvised trumpet solo
Frank Sinatra
combined crooning with bel canto
"Nancy with the Laughing Face" 1945
"Nancy with the Laughing Face" 1945
Nat King Cole
"Nature Boy" 1948
most successful black recording artist of this period
most successful black recording artist of this period
About this deck
By: Lauren Miller
Created: 2010-10-23
Size: 58 flashcards
Views: 462
Created: 2010-10-23
Size: 58 flashcards
Views: 462
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