MUSIC140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: African-American Culture, Sweet Home Chicago, Musical Gesture
25 May 2016
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During 20s and 30s 21000 publishers, 36000 composers. Division of labour: composer, lyricists, publisher, publicity, performers. Sheet music dominates (transition to recordings begins during the 1920s: era of selling records is nearing. After the ball was the first major hit. Style: lyrics basic rhyme scheme: fairly basic in terms of rhyming and length of words, simply phrases syllabic idealized romance beginning and ending, key of what some songs were about, parlor songs. Aaba musical form: upper case refer to the melody of the music, melody repeats then we get contrasting melody then brings it back. 1619-1863 no rock n roll without the slave trade. 1619 is the first year that slave taking from slave in african was sold in. America: lasted 250 years that it was practiced. Millions of humans taken away from homes. Work song old alabama was a recording of singing when slaves are chopping a tree.
