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MUS 3500 Final
American Music Final
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Undergraduate 3
04/23/2017
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popular music
 Definition
music conceived and performed as a commercial commodity for mainstream audiences
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roots music
 Definition
various types of folk music
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classical art music
 Definition
art music intended for a concert hall or theatrical performance, or music that is highly experimental
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old time music
 Definition
a type of Appalachian folk music played on a fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, etc.
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hot jazz
 Definition
an early style of dixieland jazz made popular by famous trumpeter/singer Louis Armstrong
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race music
 Definition
a term put directly on record labels in the 1920's and '30's by small, independent companies that marketed black roots music specifically to black listeners
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bebop
 Definition
a type of high speed, improvised jazz played by a small group of virtuoso players
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big band
 Definition
a large jazz orchestra compromised of trumpets, trombones, saxophones, clarinets, and jazz rhythm section
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boogie woogie
 Definition
an eight to the bar pounding dance rhythm that was very popular in the 1930's and 1940's
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backbeat
 Definition
a rhythm that accents off beats 2 and 4 in 4/4 time; an important feature of R&B and rock and roll
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chance music
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a concept promoted by John Cage in which some or all aspects of a composition are unpredictable
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cool jazz
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a smooth, serene style of jazz that began on the west coast in the 1950's
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multiserialism
 Definition
the process of controlling multiple aspects of a composition by a pre-ordered numeric series of pitches
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R&B
 Definition
a type of up-tempo blues promoted in the 1950's by Howling Wolf, Big Joe Turner, and Muddy Waters
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soul music
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an expressive kind of secular pop singing that came out of black gospel tradition; early artists in this style during the 1950's were Ray Charles and Sam Cooke
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soundtrack
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music specifically written to be an integral part of a movie
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free jazz
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an unstructured, virtuosic and highly improvisatory style of jazz promoted by Ornette Coleman
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minimalism
 Definition
a type of art music developed in the 1970's by Steve Reich and Phillip Glass which focuses on small, repetitive bits of material that are transformed gradually over time
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techno
 Definition
a type of electronic R&B/funk developed in the 1980's by Juan Atkins and Derrick May
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smooth jazz
 Definition
a type of easy listening jazz/pop promoted by soprano saxophonist Kenny G
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hip Hop
 Definition
a cultural sensibility created by inner city blacks that includes the four elements of rap, break dancing, DJing, and graffiti
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sound art
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an artistic endeavor that involves both visual art and experimental music, such as a composition performed on a sculpture that was designed to be played on
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AM radio
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1920
Term
electric microphone
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1920
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78 RPM
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1870
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movie with sound
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1920
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stereo
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1930
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FM radio
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1940
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33 1/3 RPM LP
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1940
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commercial television
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1940
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reel to reel tape recording
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1950
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electric guitar
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1950
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45 RPM single
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1950
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8 track tape
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1960
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cassette tape
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1970
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Apple personal computer
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1980
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MIDI
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1980
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CD
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1980
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12 in. single
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1970
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MTV
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1980
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world wide web
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1990
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DVD
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1990
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Amazon
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1990
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Google
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1990
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eBay
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1990
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iPod
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2000
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iTunes
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2000
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iPhone
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2000
Term
Youtube
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2000
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Cross Road Blues
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Robert Johnson
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Robert Johnson
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delta blues
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This Land is Your Land
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Woody Guthrie
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Woody Guthrie
 Definition
traditional folk
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Move On Up a Little Higher
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Mahalia Jackson
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Mahalia Jackson
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gospel
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The Entertainer
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Scott Joplin
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Scott Joplin
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ragtime
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Hotter Than That
 Definition
Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong
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hot jazz
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It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
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Duke Ellington
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Duke Ellington
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big band swing
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Koko
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Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
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Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
 Definition
bebop
Term
Take 5
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Dave Brubeck Quartet
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Dave Brubeck Quartet
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cool jazz
Term
Free Jazz
 Definition
Ornette Coleman
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Ornette Coleman
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free jazz
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Songbird
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Kenny G
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Kenny G
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smooth jazz
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Ol' Man River
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Kern and Hammerstein
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Kern and Hammerstein
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broadway
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Tonight
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Leonard Bernstein
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Leonard Bernstein
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broadway
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Hair
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James Rado
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James Rado
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broadway
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Epiphany
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Stephen Sondheim
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Stephen Sondheim
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broadway
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White Christmas
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Bing Crosby
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Bing Crosby
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tin pan alley
Term
The Way We Were
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Barbara Streisand
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Barbara Streisand
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tin pan alley
Term
New York, New York
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Frank Sinatra
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Frank Sinatra
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tin pan alley
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You Raise Me Up
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Josh Grobin
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Josh Grobin
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adult contemporary
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Psycho
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Bernard Hermann
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Bernard Hermann
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soundtrack
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Harry Potter
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John Williams
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John Williams
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soundtrack
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Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
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Gene Autry
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Gene Autry
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western
Term
Hey, Good Lookin'
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Hank Williams, Sr.
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Hank Williams, Sr.
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country
Term
I Walk The Line
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Johnny Cash
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Johnny Cash
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country
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Okie From Muskogee
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Merle Haggard
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Merle Haggard
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country
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The Gambler
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Kenny Rogers
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Kenny Rogers
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country
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Blowin' in the Wind
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Bob Dylan
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Bob Dylan
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urban folk, folk rock
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Handsome Johnny
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Richie Havens
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Richie Havens
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urban folk
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I Got My Mojo WOrkin'
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Muddy Waters
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Muddy Waters
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'50's R&B
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Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
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James Brown
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James Brown
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'60's soul
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YMCA
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The Village People
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The Village People
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disco
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Saving All My Love For You
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Whitney Houston
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Whitney Houston
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'80's R&B
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Strings of Life
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Derrick May
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Derrick May
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techno
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Rock Around the Clock
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Bill Haley and His Comets
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Bill Haley and His Comets
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rockabilly
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Like a Rolling Stone
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Bob Dylan
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Good Vibrations
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The Beach Boys
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The Beach Boys
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psychedelic rock
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School's Out
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Alice Cooper
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Alice Cooper
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arena rock
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Gloria
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Patti Smith
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Patti Smith
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punk
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Burning Down The House
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The Talking Heads
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The Talking Heads
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new wave
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
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Nirvana
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Nirvana
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grunge
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Planet Rock
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Afrika Bambaata
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Afrika Bambataa
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electro-funk
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Express Yourself
 Definition
N.W.A.
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N.W.A.
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gangsta rap
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Fight The Power
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Public Enemy
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Public Enemy
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enlightenment rap
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Hey Ya!
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OutKast
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OutKast
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dirty south
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The Unanswered Question
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Charles Ives
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The Banshee
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Henry Cowell
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Henry Cowell
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experimental piano
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Charles Ives
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experimental symphonic
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Prepared Piano
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John Cage
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John Cage
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prepared piano
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Poeme Electronique
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Edgard Varese
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Edgard Varese
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electronic
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Floe from Glassworks
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Phillip Glass
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Phillip Glass
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minimalism
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Songs from the Wasteland
 Definition
Lisa Coons
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Lisa Coons
 Definition
sound art
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