MUS 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sam Lanin, Count Basie, Al Jolson
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Verse: usually sets up the dramatic context or emotional tone of a song, most important part of 19th century pop songs, regarded as merely introductions by the 1920s. Chorus: today, what is generally considered the song , usually made up of 4 sections of equal length, a main melody, basic pattern of lyrics and a set of chord changes to support them. Friday, september 9, 2016: music of a is repeated with new lyrics, often with slight variations, bridge new material, new melody, new chord changes, a melody and chords are repeated. Broadway and film: irving berlin wrote songs for broadway and for sound lm, al jolson - blue skies in the rst talkie, the jazz stranger. Bing crosby: many hit recordings, film actor. Frank sinatra: hosted a radio variety show, if i had you (1930) with the sam lanin.
