MUSC 2150 Chapter 1-3: Music and Pop Culture Chapter Summary Notes
8 Dec 2016
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The decades of the 1920s, 30"s, and 40"s in america were to a great extent shaped by three crucial events: the end of world war i, the stock market crash of 1929, and world war ii. When the war ended, americans felt simultaneous relief and fear, therefore upheaval in world politics was reflected in the arts, with the emergence of riotous new forms of literatures, dance, and music. In this period, songs remained the dominant form of pop music in the 1920s, but the radical sound of louis armstrong, duke ellington and others helped define the decade musically. Scott fitzgerald dubbed the 1920s the jazz age, and jazz"s strong rhythms, jagged melodies, and big sound made people get up on dance, with female flappers dancing right alongside their male counterparts. Then followed by black tuesday, million lost their jobs. Franklin roosevelt was elected, which give jobs to people. At the same time holocaust occurred in germany.
