MUS118 Ch 2

Chapter Two Popular Music in the 19 th Century

Anglo-American – Americans of English, Scottish, Welsh, or Irish ancestry

Oral tradition: Passed on by ear

Breakdown – up-tempo fiddle tune for dancing

Fiddle tunes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Minstrelsy 1840s ,[object Object],[object Object]

Folk elements – songs, fiddle, bones = new sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4NEr0SI3vc&feature=related

Minstrel Show ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Main Characters of Minstrel Show ,[object Object],[object Object]

Importance of Minstrel Show ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Example - “De Boatman’s Dance” ,[object Object],[object Object]

Stephen Foster (1826-1864) ,[object Object]

Parlor Songs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Plantation Songs ,[object Object],[object Object],Example – “Old Folks at Home”

African-American entertainers after the Civil War ,[object Object],[object Object]

First Black Entertainers ,[object Object],[object Object]

Legacy of Minstrel Show ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Cakewalk ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Diversity in Popular Stage Entertainment after the Civil War ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Vaudeville – variety show ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Revue – loosely joined show ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Operetta – told stories of far-away places, long ago, exotic locations ,[object Object],[object Object]

Quickly Developing Popular Music ,[object Object],[object Object]

Tin Pan Alley ,[object Object]

Dance Rhythms in popular songs ,[object Object],[object Object]

John Philip Sousa – 1854-1932 – “The March King” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Importance of Sousa and Foster ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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