MUS 505 Chapter 2: Chapter 2
17 Oct 2015
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Popular music of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Today it is regarded with embarrassment or anger. Expression of white racism oversimplifies the diverse and ambiguous meanings that this form of popular culture held at different times and for various audiences. Emerged from predominantly working-class commercial urban zones where interracial interaction was common. Early blackface were the 1st expression of american pop culture in which working-class white youth expressed their own sense of marginalization through identification with african american culture forms. Black characters played by white actors in british comic operas of the 18th century. Most songs written in childishly simple style, with irish or scottish melodies. George washington dixon: first white performer to establish a wide reputation as a blackface entertainer. Thomas dartmouth rice: white actor born into a poor family, demonstrated potential popularity/profitability of minstrelsy with his performance of the song jim crow : first international american song hit.
