MUAR 392 Lecture Notes - Golden Gate Quartet, Signify, Caldonia
8 May 2012
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Hymns: religious song praising god; distinguished from psalms or anthems in not taken from verses in bible. Ballads from the british isles: not in the sense of love song as is often understood today; rather a narrative poem set to music. Blues: (although strongly associated with african-americans, first reference to. The blues in oed is in 1741 letter by. Western swing: fiddle-led dance band with swing big band elements using drums, horns, pianos, electric guitars and increasingly lap and pedal steel guitars. Honky-tonk: grittier music named after venues, honky-tonks, where it was often played charts. Country and western because of problematic political associations of. Shifting demographics: movement from country to city and from urban to suburban communities. Tin pan alley writers start writing country tunes. Weekly live radio show on wsm out of. Nashville, begun in 1925 and still going today. Dedicated to country music and its history.
