MUSI 1530 Lecture Notes - Dont, Ampex, The Roots
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There will be a listening part on the final exam. There are a lot of examples we listen to in class. Listening questions are contextual; example: this song would have been performed during the 19th century in a minstrel show. The period that began in 1954 and went until 1958. The rock and roll revolution lasted 4 years, what made it come to the end was the in between years. Rock and roll did not start at a specific or exact time. There are a number of small bangs that created opportunity for the next series of events. We are talking about a musical culture that emerged from the black community and into the homes of white teens. Rock and roll was a term applied in hind sight, it created a cultural music. Initially a black term for sex; was used by alan freed to disguise the fact that white kids were taking part in this.
