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Folk music
midterm 2
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Undergraduate 1
02/23/2009

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Roy Acuff
Definition
Roy Acuff and his Crazy Tennesseeans
Acuff good baseball player (yankees camp) was forced to quit by sunstroke. took up fathers fiddle. toured w a doctor. radio stations in knoxville 1933. 1st recording in 1936. 1938, joined grand old opry, first top star. RJ Reynolds tobacco company enocuraged by Acuff sponsored "The Prince Albert Show" 1/2 hour of the grand old opry on NBC. Formed Acuff Rose publications along with Fred Rose. one of country musics first publishing firms. helped establish Nashville Tenn as center of country music. one of country musics biggest stars, only one not from the southwest, didnt pose cowboy image.
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Great Speckled Bird
Definition
By Roy Acuff
uses Dobro: steel guitar invented in the 1930s w a resonating disc.
uses string bass
Acuff sincere singing style
written by Rev Guy SMith expanded by Acuff
melody comes from song by the carter family.
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Bob Wills
Definition
Father of Western Swing
b. 1905 in west Texas
8-yr stay in Tulsa established his sound drawing him to the swing bands of the southwest.
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New San Antonio Rose
Definition
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
also recorded by Bing Crosby in 1941
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Western Swing
Definition
reached peak during the Depression, dance hall music combined cowboy ballads, hillbilly music and jazz with touches of mexican and cajun.
fiddle, guitar, steel guitar, banjo, drums amd swing bass.
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Bill Monroe
Definition
split up with Charlie Monroe, joined band that premiered the Opry in 1939.
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Blue Grass Boys
Definition
Bill MOnroe's band. known as the best bluegrass band ever to perform.
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Sept Ans Sur Mer
Definition
elita mary and ella hoffpauir
cajuns,"acadians"
recorded by lomax 1934
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chanson a response
Definition
call and response, usually no instruments. think sept ans sur mer
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La Valse des reids
Definition
Dennis Mcgee and Sady Courville
1929
bad timbre
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Dennis Mcgee
Definition
La Valse des reids
twin fiddle style,
born in louisiana, to halfd indian mother. songs from the acadians. blueprints of the past
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twin fiddle style
Definition
replaced by the accordion and guitar
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valse de apelousas
Definition
amede ardion and dennis mcgee
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amede ardoin
Definition
creole accordion player. famous. supposedly killed by white mob after receiving white womans hanky. power lines, triple ornaments.
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creole
Definition
african american french speaker
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zydeco
Definition
creole music. just like cajun music.
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j'ai vu le loup, le renard, et la belette
Definition
the balfa brothers
"i saw the wolf the fox.."
conerstone of folk revival. probably lampoons royal figures.
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the balfa brothers
Definition
Dewey balfa, cajun fiddler (revival of '60s)
Newport Music Festival!!
"a culture is preserved one generation at a time"
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corrido
Definition
ballad tradition of the border, voice of abused mexican americans
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the ballad of gregorio cortez
Definition
performed by maya and cantu.
corrido of them all. "with his pistol in his hand"
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Mal Hombre
Definition
lydia Mendoza, found it on a chewing gum rapper. 12 string guitar
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Lydia Mendoza
Definition
First recording star of tex mex music. Discovered by ralph peer of OKEH records 1928, The border lady or something
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Ralph Peer
Definition
OKEH records, discovered lydia mendoza
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La Cuquita
Definition
Narciso Martinez,
shows fast accordion technique and addition to polka
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Narciso Martinez
Definition
"el Huaracane del valle" father of tex mex conjunto. 12 string w the accordion. Bluebird recods, same as lydia martinez.
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Viva Sequin
Definition
Flaco jimenez, homage to texas town.
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JImenez family.
Definition
dons of conjunto,
DOn santiago, Pioneer (added bass)
Leonardo, son took fathers nickname el flaco. film chulas fronteras.
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a mi querido austin
Definition
EVA YBARRA, mastery of the accordion
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huapango
Definition
conjunto in 6/8
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Difuse
Definition
1st stage of conjunto: no style
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Formative
Definition
2nd style of conjunto: to take regional flower. instruments such as bajo sexto,
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classical
Definition
3rd stage: instruments become standardized. button accordion. electric bass, drums, bajo sexto.
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consolidation
Definition
4th stage: pace of innovation slows.
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year grammaphone was invented
Definition
1877 edison
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year lomax documents cajun
Definition
1932
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zuni sunrise song
Definition
pueblo indians, first melody on sheet music. 1905
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seneca womens shuffle dance
Definition
iroquous, showed women respect
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kingfisher trio
Definition
a beautiful life. cherokee
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cherokee
Definition
own constitution, 1827
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sequoyah
Definition
developed 1st native american aphabet, leader of cherokee
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blackfeet prairie chicken dance
Definition
plains indians, tipi houses.
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katajjaq
Definition
throat song of native american arctic. make the other laugh.
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asian throat music
Definition
sung by men, thought women would become infertile
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eagle island blues, athabaskan love song
Definition
bill stevens. gwich fiddler. from fur traders
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what was the problem of studying native american music
Definition
couldnt record before 1900s
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JOni mitchell
Definition
a case for you. confessional lyric style.
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confessional lyric style.
Definition
joni mitchell, talking to second person in song
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ani defranco
Definition
pop and punk. "shy" tought folk was an "attitude"
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ani defrancos record label
Definition
rightoues babe records
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natalie merchant
Definition
thought folk music was type of music
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ich bin ein musikan
Definition
six fat dutchmen
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polka
Definition
from poland. horns reeds bass lines tuba
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polka
Definition
from poland. horns reeds bass lines tuba
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nicklas roswall
Definition
bohlinpolska
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nordic music
Definition
hardanger fiddle, nyckelharpa, fiddle, guitar
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nyckelharpa
Definition
keyed fiddle, revival
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francis densmore
Definition
native american song collector
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francis densmore
Definition
native american song collector
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alice fletcher
Definition
indian anthropoligist
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