MUH 217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Maud Karpeles, Appalachian Mountains, Folk Music
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Social and economic conditions of early country fans- mass migration of rural (mainly white, some black) to cities in the 1920s. Early country music gives comfort to and expresses concerns of both black and white rural migrants. Folk music (ballads and dance tunes) from british isles (england, scotland, and ireland) brought to appalachian mountains by settlers (16000s &1700s) / cowboy and western frontier songs (1800s) [jimmy rogers and the carter family] Old time song collectors- cecil share and maud karpeles (traditional appalachian ballads)/ n. howard jack thorpe and john lomax (cowboy songs) Ballad- a song that tells a story. [jean ritchie- barbry allen: example of strophic form] Other musical influences on early country- african-american blues (told the hardships of african-americans in the south) with a 12-bar blues form *strophic form ** big bill. Records- thomas edison invented the 1st recording-playback machine (1877) Emile berliner created the gramophone machine and flat disc (1888)
