MUSC 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Falsetto, Race Record, Blues Scale
22 Jun 2012
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Red scare-us us was suspicious of unions and disliked canada"s socialism. Blues and country valued authenticity lower class. Tin pan alley valued polish and romantic love. Lower class music was marginalized and wouldn"t carry country music. Makes economic sense for radio to target middle and upper class; sell ads. To play tin pan alley at home you had to be able to play an instrument if you couldn"t get it on the radio. Main stream at the time (early 20th century) Music of irving berlin, frank sinatra, bing crosby. Tin pan alley common elements: form: [a a b a, verses usually tell a brief story and chorus reacts emotionally on story (commentary). Chorus was designed to be the hook , catchy. Over the rainbow judy garland with victor young and his orchestra: timbre: round, soft, soothing, follows form (structure) [a a b a], fantasy. I"m sittin" on top of the world les paul & mary ford.
