MUS111H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Moshing, Stiff Upper Lip, Kitty Wells
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Also spread through parodies and version such as this one on the radio. Imitations of african-american dialect: camptown races by stephen foster, 1850. Now assumed to be a folk song, its blackface roots are practically forgotten: she ll be coming round the mountain . Spread throughout the us which inspired current form. Spread throughout the us by folk (not mass mediated) Example of what we take to be folk music in n. a. is in fact the result of processes of mass- mediation. Has been laundered through mass media and made part of a white culture (along with the banjo: i ain t a bit drunk by george roark. Stress of 2 and 4 (upbeats), another legacy of african-american music: i am a man of constant sorrow by emry arthur, 1928. Meter is constantly changing, length of phrases adjusted to length of each line. This irregularity becomes rare over 20th century folk music.
