Music Listening & Analysis Assignment on The Flower Duet by Leo Delibes and The Selection of Your Choosing by The Composer of That Selection
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Unit4Part2.pptxMusic APPRECIATION 105
An introduction to music – Travel – culture
Emily Smith
Unit 4 Part 2
JAZZ
The Golden age of jazz: Chicago 1920s
The golden age of jazz: chicago
Music: Chicago was the capitol city of Jazz after WWI
Referred to as the “Jazz Age”
Beginning of the recording industry
Texture: Improvisation
Forms: Stride piano, Blues, and Ragtime
Chicago, Illinois
Beginning of The recording industry
Phonograph (gramophone) invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison
Recordings created a need to distribute music to the general public
Radio invented in 1920
Jukebox invented in the 1930s
Jazz and the Radio:
https://www.hgtc.edu/about_hgtc/library/
Go to Films on Demand. Search “Jazz” – click on 3rd result
1. Marching Bands eliminated
2. Show business enters the Jazz world – theatrical settings, onstage, ballrooms, amusement parks
Two major changes:
Show business
Prohibition of alcohol – indirectly furthers the cause of Jazz
Men and women previously segregated from drinking together
Prohibition-created venues for drinking – speakeasies, underground clubs
Speakeasies – unlicensed barrooms requiring a “password” to gain entry and keep out law enforcement
Created a venue for organized crime
Demand for live entertainment
Electricity – switch from coal to electricity
Washing machines, kitchen appliances, gramophones, movies, theaters, clubs, sports stadiums, radios
Movies – silent black and white movies accompanied by music played on a piano
The Jazz Singer – 1st “talkie” movie in 1927
Show business
Prominent New Orleans Jazz performers moved to Chicago
Broadway Musicals – 1920s were the boom years for Broadway
In 1927 over 250 shows debuted on Broadway – over 50 were musicals
Showboat – 1st integrated musical
Show business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahZWARQDkGw
The Jazz Age: Show Business
1. Ragtime – Syncopated music written mostly for piano.
FORMS
2. Blues – A style of music that is based on the Blues scale, chord progression, and improvisation
3. Stride Piano – Music with strong left hand accompaniment, busy sounding with a bright feel
Originally called Harlem Stride Piano
Forms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr6OGWIKV8g
Stride Piano Example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxsQ1I_HKw
Fats Waller – Honeysuckle Rose (Stride Piano)
Thomas “Fats” Waller 1904-1943
Innovator in Harlem stride style
Laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSNPpssruFY
Fats Waller – Ain’t Misbehavin’
Jelly Roll Morton 1890-1941
Pivotal figure in Jazz – Jazz’s first arranger
Composition “Jelly Roll Blues” was the first published Jazz composition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69-Fmso9ThE
Rug Cutter’s Holiday – Jelly Roll Morton on piano
Blind Lemon Jefferson 1893-1929
One of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s
Called the “Father of the Texas Blues”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3yd-c91ww8
Black Snake Moan – Blind Lemon Jefferson
Art Tatum 1909-1956
Considered one of the greatest Jazz pianists of all time
Performances hailed for their technical proficiency and creativity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Cs_zb4q14
Yesterdays – Art Tatum on piano
