MUS 2000 Lecture : History Of Jazz 1 30 14 Notes
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Congo square- a place where slaves were allowed to dance. Ring shout has a cluster of people dancing. White performers in black makeup where they made fun of slave population. The writers had little knowledge of black music, most composers were from the north east. Who dat" was originally founded in minstrel shows they would say who dat" then the other would say who dat say who dat?" as a way of identification. Work songs- african song, leroy miller and a group of prisoners; berta, berta" was name of song. Recorded in the 1950s at parchman farm in mississippi, call and response, steady tempo, blue notes. Fisk jubilee singers- big departing from minstrel shows, white audiences didn"t expect this kind of music. Swing low sweet chariot 1910, formed as a fundraising group. Name came from leviticus, year of jubilee- year all slaves were freed. Great migration- diaspora- african americans moved north due to jim crow laws, seeking better jobs.
