CMNS 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Griot, Juggling, Gertrud Elisabeth Mara
23 Oct 2016
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The history of popular music: the birth of an industry. The birth of the popular sound: blues and jazz in america. He alone created it, society(cid:499) he was the world"s access to music, without him there was carried it with him, and completely organized its circulation within no music really. The griot: griots, like jongleurs, functioned as traveling cultural historians, news distributors, political propagandists, and of course, as entertainers, could either be men or women, and they were oftentimes musically trained by a family member or friend. Oral training: they were essentially praise singers. They would sing the praises of the people who paid them (think of sell-outs of today) The jongleur became a domestic servant: property of the royal court: they were no longer nomadic. They played when they were commanded to, and they belonged entirely to their lord: so they and their music were owned. Afterward, he would have to sell himself entirely and exclusively to a.
