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Stephen Foster
"Father of American Music" - minstrel shows, published sheet music, hooks -
English Pleasure Gardens
A popular place to visit to listen to outdoor bands before recordings, other than actually owning instruments and playing them yourself, or going to church to sing in the choir -
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The Minstrel Shows
Extremely racist, but an influence for jazz
Based on European folk music, first predominant genre of American music -
Paul Dresser's "The Letter That Never Came"
European Folk -
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Folk & Country
Based on European music -
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Tin Pan Alley
The spread of popular music through recordings and sheet music publications
Form- alternate verses and choruses with AABA verse pattern
Used singable melodies with hooks, based off I, IV, and V chords -
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John Philip Sousa's Brass Band
A band created from the US Marines, known for "The Stars and Stripes Forever", the official American march tune -
Edison's Wax Phonograph
Played a wax cylinder with acoustic recordings -
Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag"
A popular ragtime theme, composed rather than improvised
most popular ragtime composer -
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Ragtime
Precurser to jazz, influenced by African American syncopation and European music
resemblance to march music
distinctively American -
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The Blues
Originated from Southern work songs, previously unwritten and highly improvisational before TIn Pan Alley created the 12-bar formula. Basis for Rock and Jazz -
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The Vaudeville Shows
Predecessor of Minstrels -
The Radio
Spread of songs, became popular during the Great Depression -
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Jazz
African and European influenced band and dance music, improvised -
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Latin
brought Latin American syncopation to music -
WC Handy's "St. Louis Blues"
Father of the Blues, applied blues to formalized songs -
Mamie Smith's "Crazy Blues"
Classic blues song -
Fiddlin' John Carson's "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane"
First hillbilly record, created by accident -
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Duke Ellington
The greatest Amaerican musician
created jungle sound, used concertos, moods and standards
ensemble big band (no sections playing against each other) with individual parts
stride piano -
George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue"
Swing song -
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Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra
Jazz Inspiration for Swing -
The Electric Microphone
An easier recording device, created a wider range of instrumental recordings and made layering souds possible -
Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong's "St. Louis Blues"
Classic Blues singer with Louis Armstrong's jazzy trumpet sound -
Blind Lemon Jefferson's "That Black Snake Moan"
Country blues musician, first blues "star" -
Charley Patton's "Tom Rushen Blues"
One of the most important pioneers for country blues -
Irving Berlin's "Puttin' On the Ritz"
Swing Song, TPA composer -
Jimmie Rodger's "Blue Yodel No. 1"
Hillbilly star -
Benny Goodman's Band Performs at Palomar Ballroom
Considered the beginning of the Swing Era -
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Swing
Bigger and better jazz, introduced solos and big bands -
Count Basie
Black Swing bandleader -
Benny Goodman's "Sing Sing Sing"
King of Swing, first bandleader to incorporate races -
Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues"
On eof the most influential musicians, known for Country blues -
Machito's Afro-Cubans
Latin American music in Swing Era, brought it to big bands with Mario Bauza -
Dizzy Gillespie
Bebop and Afro-Cuban music -
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The Crooners
Created an intimate sensation for the listener using the new electric microphone
Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, etc -
Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys' "San Antonio Rose"
Western Swing band, incorporated big band jazz with blues and fiddles. -
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Country Music
European and American folk music, a larger hillbilly audience due to urban migration
Roy Acuff and Gene Autry
"sentimentality, morality and patriotism" - popular themes -
Duke Ellington's "It Don't Mean A Thing"
Popular Swing song