title history of modern music lecture 1. w african west african music - polyrhythms - call response
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Title
History of Modern Music
Lecture 1
W African
West African Music - Polyrhythms
- Call Response
Work Songs?1800’s to 1900
Evolution of Call/ResponseUsed to set rhythmic cadence of work
Work Songs
Spirituals1800’s - 1950’s
Mahalia Jackson“Amazing Grace”
Spirituals
BluesDeep South, 1920 - 1950
Robert Johnson“Whiskey Blues”
Blues
Rhythm And BluesMemphis, LA, 1940’s and 50’s
Big Joe Turner, “Shake, Rattle, and Roll”
Rhythm and blues
Rock and Roll1950’s - 60’s
Chuck Berry“Johnnie B. Good”
Rock and Roll
French Impressionism
French Impressionism - forsaking classic forms - harmony and melody are flexible, not fixed - emotional response is
critical to the art form
French ImpressionismLate 19th Century
Claude Debussy
“Jeux De Vagues”From “La Mer”
Debussy
RagtimeSt. Louis, 1890’s to 1910’s
Scott Joplin
“Maple Leaf Rag”
ragtime
Black Creole
Black Creole CultureNew Orleans, 1750 -
1865
The LA Negro Code
The Louisiana “Negro Code”, 1865
- Limited the ability of black musicians to work in “white only” establishments
The LA Negro Code
The Louisiana “Negro Code”, 1865
- Limited the ability of black musicians to work in “white only” establishments - Forced classically trained black creole musicians to work in segregated bars and clubs, with untrained black musicians.
The LA Negro Code
The Louisiana “Negro Code”, 1865
- Limited the ability of black musicians to work in “white only” establishments - Forced classically trained black creole musicians to work in segregated bars and clubs, with untrained black musicians. - Resulted in a merging of West African music and French Impressionism
Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Dixieland
Early Jazz1900 - 1920
Jelly Roll Morton
“Original Jelly Roll Blues”
Jelly Roll Morton
HOT JAZZChicago, 1920’s
Louis ArmstrongDuke Ellington
Hot Jazz
Big Band SwingChicago, NY, 1935 - 1945
Glen MillerBenny Goodman
Duke Ellington
Swing
Big Band SwingNY, 1930’s to 1945
Glen Miller
“In The Mood”
Glen Miller
BeBopNY, LA 1950’s
Charlie Parker
“In The Mood”
Parker & Gillespie
BeBopNY, LA 1950’s
Thelonious Monk
“Rhythm-a-ning”
T monk