MUSI 1580 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Pete Seeger, Simone Signoret, Mississippi Goddam
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Vocals and musical background is much more polished. One of the most disruptive, controversial, and violent eras in american history. Assassinations of john f. kennedy and martin luther king jr. Bob dylan and joan baez were very popular but were inspired by odetta strum (african american folk singer) Expresses the feelings of a group of people in a particular region. Typically transmitted orally from one generation to the next. Folk revival of the mid 20th century (1940s through 1960s) Spurred by a renewed interest in folk music during the 1920s and 1930s. Folklorists collected music from various regions across the united states. Folk music becomes a commercial phenomenon in the 1950s: the weavers (pete seeger, peter, paul and mary, the kingston trio, joan baez, bob dylan. Folk music of this period is referred to as contemporary folk. Classically trained purchased an acoustic guitar and nicknamed it baby
