MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wynonie Harris, Industrial Revolution, Worshipful Company Of Stationers And Newspaper Makers
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Music 2ii3 popular music post ww2 (midterm 1) End of the (cid:873)big band(cid:874) era, music primarily focused on dancing. Big bands refers to a jazz group of 10 or more musicians. Instrumentals that featured vocalists instead of today where other way around. Pop music of 1945 is ja from today"s high school music class. Arch of popularity: all styles of music will at some pt come into being if they become attractive enough by most people & will rise in popularity, but eventually that will peak & decline. Big bands dominated music industry from mid 30"s to mid 40"s ending at ))2. Example: sentimental journey by les brown and band of renown. big hit in 1945 (cid:840)published in 44"(cid:841). Most big band leaders didn"t sing, they played instruments, but they had singers who came out to sing. The singer was doris day, first emerging in this song. She went on to become a huge star.
