Final Section: Birth of American Pop Music
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 *The 2 decades before the civil war... | saw the birth of pop music |
| *The 3 decades after the civil war... | saw the birth of the pop music industry |
| Verse/Chorus | 1st chorus format-goes verse then chorus and repeats. Ex: "Grandfather's clock"-it anticipates the emphasis on the chorus |
| tin pan alley | a group of music publishers in NY, they were different because they sold only popular music. During this period of time (following the civil war), New York became both the home to popular stage entertainment and popular music publishing. |
| The first big hit for tin pan alley | "After the Ball" by Charles Harris |
| Dance Rhythms | 1) March Rhythms 2)The waltz-biggest 1 used in popular music: 3 beats per measure in a waltz Ex's: Happy Birthday, "Star Spangled Banner," Take me out to the ballgame "After the Ball" is a waltz |
| (Post Civil War) African American Entertainers found new opportunities: 2 Main Outlets: | 1) The Jubilee Choir 2) The Minstrel Show |
| delineator | an authentic portrayal/protrayer of plantation life |
| Minstrel Show: James Bland | He left the most enduring legacy of the black minstrels, he was also the 1st African American songwriter to achieve commercial success Ex: The Golden Wedding-verse/chorus format, minstrel show song |
| Forms of Popular (Pop) Stage Entertainment: | 1) The Minstrel Show 2) The American Musical Comedy 3) The European Operetta 4) Vaudeville 5) The Review |
| Minstrel Show | huge casts, lasted longer, casts were larger, the name(s) of the show tried to illuminate just how large the group was/is. Consisted of 3 main parts. |
| Vaudeville | A variety show- a series of acts that come on but no big end finale (singers, dancers, comedy). Had its roots in New York. It was the most popular form of live entertainment around the turn of the century; it was a major performing outlet for popular song. |
| American Musical Comedy | -"The Black Crook" (1866) marked the beginning of the beginning of American Musical Comedy. -Performances ran about 5 1/2 hours -it ran for 475 performances, long-running shows -a new style, treated subjects more irreverently -one of the longest running shows of the century *almost always dealt with here-and-now plots |
| Operetta | the plot settings were usually long ago, far away. |
| Operetta: Interpolate | when a song was inserted without/no regard to the plot. often was a pop song |
| Main Leaders in Operetta: | Gilbert and Sullivan |
| Main leaders in American musical comedy | Harrigan and Hart *remember Ha Ha |
| The Review | *Came about when the Minstrel Show began to fade in popularity. Lots of song and dance. |
| Main Leaders of Review: | Ziegfeld's Follies- instead of making fun of poor people, it attacked all types (esp and including upper class) people. They "lampooned" upper class people as well. |
| Gussie Davis | 1st African American songwriter to achieve success on tin pan alley |
| George M. Cohan | stylistic characteristics: emphasis on the chorus, patriotic quotations/ march rhythms, used a lot of slang. Ex: Yankee Doodle Boy |
| Concert Band | the most popular instrumental ensemble in 19th century America. Almost every town had a municipal band. But there were also professional Ensembles. |
| Concert Band: Professional Ensembles | 1) Most famous concert band before 1890-The Gilmore Band-he raised the level of musicianship in the US 2) (1890 on)- Directed by John Philip Souza-the most prominent band leader and composer of his era. His nickname was "The March King" Ex: Stars and Stripes Forever |
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