MUSI 1530 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Irving Berlin, Song Plugger, Music Of Latin America
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Dance bands during the 1920s and 30s tended to specialize in one of three styles: Hot: specialized in syncopated jazz arrangements, popular at college dances. Sweet: romantic and nostalgic music, guy lombardo and his royal canadians. Latin: music to accompany ballroom adaptations of south american and caribbean dances, reignited national fascination with latin american music and ballroom dance steps. Don azpiazu and his havana casino orchestra (1930) I got rhythm the golden age of tin pan alley song. During the 1920s and 1930s, certain characteristic musical structures and styles of performance dominated popular song. Professional tunesmiths wrote some of the most influential and commercially successful songs of the period. The potential for fame and financial success on a previously unknown scale lured composers and lyricists with diverse skills and backgrounds. Grew up in poor jewish ghetto of new york city. Began his career as a singing waiter. Achieved his first success writing ragtime-influenced popular songs.
