MUSI 3200A Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Classical Music, Louis Armstrong, Swing Era
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Compositional style: painted musical portraits of famous personalities or places. Examples: harlem airshaft or take the a train: wrote extended works; incorporated european classical. Example: the far east suite: most respected long work was black, brown, and beige a. 50-min piece based on the history of the american negro. Listen to: ko ko, concerto for cootie. One of the first to voice across sections of the band (as opposed to earlier block-style) Jungle sounds: mimicked african atmosphere, brass mutes, and unusual harmonies (voicing"s) Ellington repertory: music for listening (as opposed to dancing, ballads, exotic pieces, concert music (little improvisation, more through- composed, concertos, swinging instrumentals, sacred music. Popularized scat singing: made up syllables to sound like instrumentalist. Rhythmic complexity of an instrumentalist and brought this to singing. Because of his personality and success, was highly influential to many other singers. Listen to: hotter than that @ 1:19. One of the most influential jazz singers of all time.
