ETHNOMUS 25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Emile Berliner, Art Music, White Supremacy
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Considered to be of lower value & complexity than art music. High vs. low culture distinction strongest in anglo west. High culture required specialized knowledge for full appreciation. Educated, moneyed, elite of america in 19th century looked to europe (antiquity, renaissance through contemporary romantic period) for models for high culture. Music emerging from dance/music halls & in america"s first two mass popular entertainment forms (black minstrel show & ) By early 20th century in us, relegated to low culture. Mixed african & european origins (creolization) regarded as problem by society fundamentally based on system of white supremacy. Music first mechanized and industrialized on massive scale in us. Popular music specifically produced within a system of industrial capitalism. Marketed as essential feature of the middle class home. Something with which the woman of the house could entertain guests. Expectation associated with role of mother and wife. Later 19th century mass production of player pianos.
