CMST 2060 : Midterm Study Guide 2
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For the midterm, you should know the following topics: Minstrel shows- white performers in blackface mimicked, ridiculed, and made fun of music, dance, and culture of the slave population. Congo square- louis armstrong park; no city officials designated in 1817 as official place for slave dances; unusual for time, due to latin-catholic influence. Ragtime usually thought of as a piano genre; does not swing. Blues a feeling/form of music; 12 bars, 3 sections of 4 bars each; statement, statement, commentary. Aabbaccdd form of the military march beat; used in ragtime genre. Race records - ralph peer of okeh records; marketed specifically to blacks; 1921-1942. Robert johnson - unmeasured phrases in his blues songs (each phrase had different words/cadence) Jelly roll morton and his red hot peppers black bottom stomp (call and response, solo break, stop time) Sidney bechet blue horizon as part of dixieland revival. Louis armstrong extroverted player, used marijuana, fbi file due to little rock 9.
