MUSIC140 Study Guide - Final Guide: Aldon Music, Youth International Party, Specialty Records
1 Aug 2018
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Example: sentimental journey (doris day, 1944), focuses on instrumental, performed by les brown and his band of renown: significant figures: boney goodman, count basie, duke ellington, tommy. Instruments: guitar, banjo, fiddle, also piano: most important composer: steven foster, example: massa"s in de cold cold ground (1852, characteristics: guitar accomaniment and vocal control, parlour music. Industrial revolution: rise of the middle class, luxury item = piano = symbol of wealth, daughters pursue leisure activities, example: believe me, if all those endearing young charms (early. Where black culture emerges from and how characteristics map onto emerging culture after slavery ends. Background: do not get rock"n roll without the slave trade. Interest in percussion and distorted timbres: timbre(tamber) (physical/audible): quality of an instrument that allows identification, west african culture has a focus on percussion (drums, but anything that is struck, distortion: unintended alteration of your signal - west african.
