MUAR 392- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 96 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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Lecture 2: pop before 1950 tin pan alley and big band swing: popular music is not as clear as classical music in regards to who deserves credit for something. Popular songs were, and still are, created through very different methods than classical music. This can affect what we believe to be original in the music: collaboration makes obvious how important one"s relationships to others is in one"s musical style. Swing feeling : ex: take the a train duke ellington: more contrasted (each instrument has. He doesn"t explain whether those differences are social or biological: shows an awareness of racial politics in music when writing in 1940. How: although freedman implicitly talks about racial politics, he is more focused on the composition of the music. Rise in popularity of country music: late 30s: if you were a musician and wanted to get paid, had to belong to an organization that secured royalties. For instance, ascap (american society for composers and.
