title history of modern music lecture 1. w african west african music - polyrhythms - call response

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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