A Changing World: A Culture in Conflict

Main Idea:

Western

culture

experienced

great

changes in

the years

following

WWI.

A. Radioactivity - Marie Curie:1. Discovered that some atoms release charged particles

B. Theory of Relativity - Albert Einstein:

• 1. challenged Newton’s model of the universe

• 2. the basic overall concept is that both time

and space are relative, not fixed.

C. psychoanalysis - Sigmund Freud:1. Society forces people to repress basic urges, this can

cause mental illness

D. Abstract Art and Surrealism

1. Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory

E. Jazz

1. Flappers

a. young, liberated

women in US and

Europe

b. bobbed hair and

short skirts!

2. Began as a Creole creation in New Orleans post-WWI in Storyville

• Original Dixieland Jass Band

– “Livery Stable Blues”

• Jelly Roll Morton

– “Black Bottom Stomp”

• Louis Armstrong

– “West End Blues” and “Stardust”

• Duke Ellington

– “Take the A Train”

• Count Basie

– “Lil’ Darlin’“

• Billie Holiday

– “Strange Fruit”

• Django Reinhardt– “Minor Swing”

• Benny Goodman– “Sing, Sing, Sing”

• Charlie Christian “

– Glen Miller

• a. The Original Dixieland Jass Band

“Livery Stable Blues”

• b. Jelly Roll Morton “Black Bottom Stomp”

Stomp”

• c. Louis Armstrong

• “West End Blues” and “Stardust”

• d. Duke Ellington

• “Take the A Train”

• e. Count Basie

“Lil Darlin”

• f. Billie Holiday

“Strange Fruit”

• g. Django Reinhardt

“Minor Swing”

• h. Benny Goodman “Sing, Sing, Sing”