MUS 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lady Gaga, Country Blues, Signify
28 Oct 2015
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Midterm: listening oct 5, written is on mon 19th. Part 1: definitions 20 marks, 10 question 2 marks each; give a brief definition and a musical/historical example of the term: eg. Part 2: short answer, 25 marks, 5 questions 5 marks each eg. name 3 elements of electric blues songs. Part 3: long answer, 2 questions, 10 marks each, approx. Tin pan alley: a kind of song factory in which standard song forms were developed to maximize productivity and recognisability to the audience, complete industry with distribution through song pluggers and connections to vaudeville and broadway. Famous composers: irving berlin (1888 1989(, richard rogers (1902 1979), cole porter (1891 . 1964), george gershwin (1898 1937: enjoyed many jewish immigrants who fled anti-semitism in europe in the late 180ss; many worked in the entertainment business as it provided opportunities for upward mobility.
