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Music In American Society 2
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Undergraduate 2
05/04/2010

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Maple Leaf Rag
Definition
Scott Joplin
Ragtime, 1900
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Rhapsody in Blue
Definition
George Gershwin
Modernist Experiment-Jazz, 1925
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West End Blues
Definition
Louis Armstrong
Early Jazz, 1925
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Ko-Ko
Definition
Duke Ellington
Big Band Swing, 1940
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The Banshee
Definition
Henry Cowell
Modernist Experiment-Classical, 1925
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Water Boy
Definition
Paul Robeson
Arranged Worksong, 1925
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Bonaparte's Retreat
Definition
W.M. Stepp
Appalachian Fiddle Tune, Trad.
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Hoe-down from Rodeo
Definition
Aaron Copland
Ballet scene, 1945
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Cross Road Blues
Definition
Robert Johnson
Delta Blues (Race Music), 1940
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Hound Dog (#1)
Definition
Big Mama Thornton
Rhythm & Blues, 1950
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Hound Dog (#2)
Definition
&Elvis Presley
Rock Roll, 1955
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Can The Circle Be Unbroken
Definition
A.P. Carter
Country (Hillbilly Music), 1935
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Blue Moon of Kentucky (#1)
Definition
Bill Monroe
Bluegrass, 1945
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Blue Moon of Kentucky (#2)
Definition
Elvis Presley
Rockabilly, 1955
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Nottamun Town
Definition
Jean Ritchie
Anglo-American Ballad, Trad.
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Masters of War
Definition
Bob Dylan
Urban Folk, 1960
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Mr. Tambourine Man
Definition
The Byrds
Folk Rock, 1965
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Good Vibrations
Definition
The Beach Boys
Rock, 1965
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War
Definition
Edwin Starr
Soul, 1970
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
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Gil Scott-Heron
Spoken Word, 1970
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Good Times
Definition
Chic
Disco, 1980
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Rapture
Definition
Blondie
New Wave, 1980
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Walk This Way (#1)
Definition
Aerosmith
Hard Rock, 1975
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Walk This Way (#2)
Definition
Run D.M.C.
Hip Hop, 1985
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Fight The Power
Definition
Public Enemy
Conscious Hip Hop, 1990
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Arranged Spirituals and Worksongs
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Jubilee and Gospel Quartets
Definition
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Tin Pan Alley
Definition
Where songwriters would go and play their songs over and over (plug them) so performers would hear them and perform them
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Ragtime
Definition
African American tradition, played at parties and dance halls, "ragged time", offbeats and syncopation
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Gospel
Definition
Religious themed, rejoicing songs. Often black ensembles, can be solo w/instrument or multi part.
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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
Definition
The Child Ballads; a book series containing Francis James Child's commentary on 305 ballads and all known variants
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Lomax and Seeger families
Definition
Lomax: song collector, his son Alan traveled around recording, discovered Leadbelly (Af. Am. prisoner)
Seger: Married to Ruth Crawford. Son Pete had banjo chops
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"Grapes of Wrath" concert
Definition
Woodie Guthrie. Farm-Aid esque concert, political tool, supporting farmers
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Harlem Renaissance
Definition
Explosion of American culture, part of the Great Migration around New York, mainly
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Ralph Peer
Definition
Was looking for talent in the south, found Fiddlin' John Carson. Also found Mamie Smith and the Blues Hounds
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Race Records and Hillbilly Records
Definition
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Delta Blues
Definition
Guy with guitar, blues form, 1930's
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Vaudeville Blues
Definition
1920's, theatrical element, blues shouter with band
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Urban Blues
Definition
Electric guitar, bass, drums, horns, etc. More modern type of blues
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Great Migration
Definition
Cultural explosion with new modern music in America
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Rhythm and Blues
Definition
Started as a term for Race music, similar to urban folk and rock
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Grand Ole Opry
Definition
Schtick comedy, vaudevillian, medicine shows, dance music and singing
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Bluegrass
Definition
Signature fast style, mandolin or banjo primary instrument
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Rockabilly
Definition
Blends country and bluegrass
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Modernism
Definition
Paul Whiteman, wanted to break style of sweeping melodies and triad harmonies. Disjunct melodies, unpredictable
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Experiment in Modern Music
Definition
Rite of Spring, Banshee. Using ensemble orchestra in different ways
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High lonesome sound
Definition
O Death. Bluegrass music
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Early Jazz
Definition
Bands performed at speakeasies, cornet/trumpet, clarinet, rhythm section, dance music.
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Swing
Definition
Developed from a syncopated, uneven style. Less clarinet than early jazz, banjo replaced by guitar
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Bebop
Definition
1945, soloists really important, small combos with rhythm section, used for showing off their skills. Framed by head at the beginning and end (in and out)
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Rock and Roll
Definition
White alternative to R&B. Demographic was young teens who were unhappy with their lives in the burbs.
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Urban Folk/Folk Rock
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Popular music. People would write a folk song and popular artists would popularize it
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Phil Spector
Definition
1960s producer. Hitmaker, produced many big names. Said performers didnt matter, only the producer matters. WALL OF SOUND
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Pocket Symphony
Definition
Good Vibrations. Studio work, only made in the studio
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Soul
Definition
Mainly Af. Am. tradition, passionate singing and playing. Two major labels, Stax and Motown
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Stax
Definition
Memphis record label. Picks a singer to spotlight, house band, live studio recording (Soulsville, USA). Blacker sound
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Motown
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Barry Gordy, Hitsville USA. One singer in foreground, backups in back, instruments not present at performances
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Gil Scott-Heron
Definition
Spoken word hip hop artist and poet, "Whitey on the Moon"
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Signifyin'
Definition
Understanding. Working a preexisting thing into a new way. Bragadocious
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Hip Hop
Definition
Taking a beat from an existing song and talking over it
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MC
Definition
Master of ceremonies. "Rapper", would be the one talking over the beats
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DJ
Definition
Would make the beats and spin the records
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Turntablism
Definition
DJs would show off skill at turntables, laying down beats
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Sampling
Definition
Taking bits of prerecorded beats for songs, "Good Times"
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