MUS 505 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: James Reese Europe, The Sunshine Girl, Vernon And Irene Castle
19 Feb 2020
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Musical terminology (tin pan alley, jazz, ragtime, and dance music) Low-time in music: ragtime came into existence shortly after the civil war. Form is usually the same, a collection of sections that are often repeated twice: most sections are a balanced number of bars (e. g. , 16) Scott joplin, "maple leaf rag" (1899: form: aa bb a cc dd, three types of rag: Jig piano (1890s-1900s: commercial (1910s, classic (1920s) Irene and vernon castle: dances developed for ragtime music (turkey trot, one-step, fox-trox, etc. ) Jre always provided their musicians, and wrote dance tunes for their live performances. "castle house rag" (1914: form: aa bb a [transition] cc d ee f. Early jazz: combines elements of , african music (rhythm, instrumentation, melody, western harmony, created mainly by african americans in early 20th century. Jazz was born in new orleans: result in a bunch of cultures mixing in the city, charles keil, africanisms in music, rhythm.
