MUS 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, Son House
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Mus 106 - lecture 6 - the blues and ragtime. Evolves from work songs, field, hollers, and shouts. Handy was the first to publish blues on sheet music. Most likely the birthplace of the blues. Notorious for extreme poverty and racial terror. Recorded 29 songs including dust my broom , sweet home chicago , and love in vain . Made one of the first country blues recordings in 1925. Pardoned twice from prison with help from john and alan lomax. 1890s: piano becomes america"s most popular instrument. Player piano - would play the music for you. Ragtime emerges at roughly the same time as the blues. Missouri school - scott joplin and others came together in st. louis to compose and gather ideas. Notated; sold on sheet music, piano rolls. Scott joplin is the most famous ragtime composer. Born in texas, moved to sedalia, mo in 1896.
