... known as R&B. Still at this time though, artists such as Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney, and Perry Como were at the very top of the pop charts. Yet, all that white American complacency could not hold back the vitality of Black R&B music, so a whole new sound emerged - Rock and Roll. Rock and Roll was identified by it's pulsating drums, repetetive chords, stepped ... sound. By the end of 1963, surf music was widely popular. A craze, if you will. The girl group time represents an important part of the early days of rock and roll as well as the history of women in well known music. The entran...

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... that keeps society going. According to author Leonard Feather " Jazz was the product of a specific social environment in which a group of people, the American Negroes, largely shut off from the white world, developed cultural patterns of their own" (Feather, 8). This statement reinforces the fact that jazz was ... of the racism that was prevalent in the United States of America during the early 19th century and in fact continues today. Although jazz is not the most influencing music currently in the nation, its history proves that it is a great form of music with many origins, with a .....

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... lead the orchestra by using the violin bow to conduct in the same manner that the baton would be used later. By the early period of the nineteenth century, about the time the size of the orchestra had expanded tremendously, a conductor had become a fixture. This paper will ... first conductor. However, an Italian-born, French-educated Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) is generally designated as being the first important conductor in the history of music. He was director of music for Louis the Fourteenth of France. Lully taught his men a uniform manner of bowing, developed orchestral disci...

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... was responsible for bringing blues into the mainstream, blues was also being combined with another African influenced genre, ragtime, to create early jazz style in New Orleans. Primarily instrumental, ragtime was commonly performed on piano or arranged for brass bands. Making use of ... the unique color of each jazz singer's voice becomes his or her defining characteristic. Together, the voice and instrument become interchangeable and equal, especially in early, New Orleans jazz. Finally, call and response further highlights the relationship between the soloist and the band. Also, these...

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Rock and society have gone hand in hand throughout the eras of rock and music. Rock, once thought as an absurd sound coming from speakers, is now an emotional catalyst to many people in need of some sort of feeling expressed through words and guitars. The change that occurred in rock music is at a parallel path in change to the society that listened to its music. From Elvis Presley to the Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, rock has evolved to the degree that society has progressed to, from sock-hop appearances to extreme radicals seen at heavy metal concerts. However, just as rock has flouri...

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... gospel music. Each of these forms of music are still in existence today. In addition to exploring the history of each of these genres of music, this report will identify three African American female music legends, Bessie Smith, Emma Barrett, and Mahalia Jackson. Blues emerged in the period between the ... source of family entertainment, and the creation of jazz music. New Orleans, Louisiana became the first great jazz center. One of the greatest female, African American jazz singers was born in New Orleans, a few years before the turn of the century. Her name was Emma Barrett. She was...

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... gospel music. Each of these forms of music are still in existence today. In addition to exploring the history of each of these genres of music, this report will identify three African American female music legends, Bessie Smith, Emma Barrett, and Mahalia Jackson. Blues emerged in the period between the ... source of family entertainment, and the creation of jazz music. New Orleans, Louisiana became the first great jazz center. One of the greatest female, African American jazz singers was born in New Orleans, a few years before the turn of the century. Her name was Emma Barrett. She was...

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... in America, the groundbreakers and innovators in every step forward of Jazz have been African Americans. Jazz is music with a history and a heart, it is both historically and musically a very deep expression of American culture. It has grown in to a vast part of American culture. It is undoubtedly a gift from African Americans to the world. Jazz is rooted in the musical traditions of ... by the time they were finished with it they had composed a new piece that often bore little resemblance to the original song (Alexander). Jazz is distinctively an American form of music. Its history occ...

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... jazz. Known for it's deep emotion and improvisational styling, jazz has always had a unique effect on it's audiences. The complete history of jazz has been controversial because it is so interconnected to many genres of music therefore it is captivating. Jazz music originated in the United ... Blues" with her sassy, bold songs that earned the respect of both Blues and Jazz artists. According to Michael Tanner, a writer on musical history said, "Technically the field holler was the first musical style to move away from religious themes and concerned its self with work only (and ... slav...

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... the cornetti , an instrument that resembles a trumpet but of course composed of wood. The Native American song, Peace and Fellowship , was composed for the Native American flutes , hand made instruments created by the early American Indians and are essentially comparable to recorders. Another song, La Bergamasca by Gasparo Zanet ti, was for ... even begin to compare those to the Music Consort Vera. The Music Consort Vera provides an experience that orchestras cannot give. It shows the history of music and how it has grown to be. It honors art, music, and people of the Renaissance. I nev...

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... The poet behind the haunting epic song about the death of "danceable" music, McLean wrote the ever popular song, "American Pie" (appendix 1). The most important song in rock"n"roll history, "American Pie", is the song about the demise of rock"n"roll after Buddy Holly's death and the heathenism of rock that ... resulted. Although McLean himself won't reveal any symbolism in his songs, "American Pie" is one of the most analyzed pieces of ... of rock and roll of the song. "Helter Skelter in a summer swelter" clumps together the British Invasion and the social unrest that the American stude...

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I. Alternative Rock A. Brief History Alternative Pop/Rock is essentially a catch-all term for post-punk bands from the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s. Though there is a variety of musical ... pop/rock but smoothing out all the edges. The British Invasion occurred in the mid-'60s, when a wave of English rock & roll bands crossed over into the American market after the breakthrough success of The Beatles . Though not all of the bands sounded similar - they ranged from the hard rock of The Rolling Stones and The ... 't as much of a concern as personal taste (though the labels do, after all, want to sta...

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... is something that everyone can share. Whether you are old or young, American or from anywhere else in the world, you will be listening to the same bands and artists. All this IF you are a fan of the genre. Music history, from the 1960's until now, has shown that the only groups and ... year (1967). They came to Athens for one concert. Their followers welcomed them with great excitement. The Olympic stadium was absolutely packed with people in their early to late 20s. I think they had only sung a couple of songs when Mick Jagger started throwing red carnations to the crowd. That was it. Th...

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... Beethoven were Austrian; they are some of the more prominent composers. Not until the twentieth century with Gershwin and a few others do we find American composers writing this kind of art music. For the sake of convention, we can refer to Western Art Music as Classical music. Jazz origin date ... back to the 1890's, created in the heart of New Orleans by mainly those of Afro-American descent. Early exponents of this dance music were Jelly Roll Martin (a blues player) and Scott Joplin (ragtime). The terms "Jazz" and "Jazz Band" first ... orchestra. The largest part of the orchestra is t...

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... 2 Storytelling/folklore The African tradition of professional entertainment dates back to ancient times. Storytelling, music, and dance have all played a central role in African culture, because they help preserve history and religious and social customs. Traditional drama in Africa combines storytelling, songs, and dances with costumes, masks, mimes, traveling entertainers, and persons called griots. A griot is a form of ... however, Christianity was increasingly central to the slaves" cultural life. Many slaves were converted during the religious revivals that swept the South in the l...

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... rock and roll." This disposition helped to alleviate the pressures inflicted by the war culture embraced on America's home front. Each era in American history has factors that distinctively define the attitudes and emotions of that particular period. In August 1969, thousands of young adults gathered in White ... up for decades and through Woodstock, these youthful hippies assembled in New York to proclaim peace and liberation. Many liberation movements arose in American Society in 1969 and 1970. For example, women were beginning to discuss the issues of the "patriarchal society" in which...

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... fought for equal pay, stricter rape laws, reform of divorce practices, and improvement of health care (Women's 1970s). Soon, gender roles in American society were called into question, as women became more involved in business in athletics, while men became closer to home. The changes occurring throughout this ... the beginning of rock-and-roll, women were reflected as stereotypically inferior to men. This was shown in squeaky-clean girl groups of the early-sixties. Groups like the Shangri-Las, the Ronettes, and the Supremes proved that it would not be possible to become a famous female...

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... factors in teenage society. So, there's no problem in assuming that our present adult society is built with some of the ideas formed in these early years of modern music (the fifties & sixties to be exact); and that the future adult society will be influenced by the different views of the ... present teenage society. What I"m going to do is try and illustrate a short and accurate history of music and the influence each period has brought; weather it was political, social, psychological or physical , I"m going to try to equally show the ... positive and the negative sides of the "story" ...

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... seven year history, Nirvana brought alternative music to the forefront, and helped define a generation of youth left alienated by the baby boom generation. Nirvana's roots lay in the underground scene of Seattle, in the mid-1980's. The Melvins, based out of Olympia, and the Sonic Youth were early mentors of ... the long-awaited follow up to Nevermind. The album was released in September 1993 followed by a three-month North American tour, which included their much celebrated appearance on "MTV Unplugged." In early 1994 Nirvana embarked on a European tour that was cut short in February by ...

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... . It developed and spread in the following centuries together with the European cultures across the world. Many composers, performers and devotees have belonged to European-influenced cultures on other continents. American popular music (which also borrowed most of its "musical vocabulary " from the European tradition), "classical " music continues to be adopted, explored, and adapted in many cultures from the ... forms were deserted although they were heavily used for particular intention. Repeated notes invented by Monteverdi are adopted by Classical music from Baroque, which have a sp...

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... The animals were another major band ,they blended blues and r&b music. The rolling Stones blended aspects of Chicago blues to there intense, and forceful music. When early rock and roll began the major American record companies did not take the british invasion seriously. The Beatles first album had to be released through small independent music companies. The success of British bands ... rock which created a number one hit on the billboard music charts. A Band called Buffalo Springfield blended aspects of Rock, Country and western music to create country rock in 1966. American musicians ...

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... , our music might sound more like German "oom-pah" songs Stephen Foster was probably that human spirit who most changed the direction of American music with his original ideas and use of African musical ideas gleaned from slaves."(ParlorSongs.org). Foster played a huge role in getting influenced ... Armstrong, who breaks out with his unique style of African influenced music around 1918. As the popularity of African influenced music in the African American community erupted, the up-beat rhythm and unique tune interested the younger white community. But in some cases "produced primarily f...

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... growth of rock and roll is one of the most important and representative changes in the development of rock music. Just looking back to the early 20th century when Tin Pan Alley was the absolute mainstream musical style in that era. Actually, Tin Pan Alley was the name given to ... street in Manhattan where many of the fledgling popular music publishers had their offices. In time, it became the generic term for all publishers of popular American sheet music, regardless of their geographic locations. Throughout the Alley's years, popular music was developed in a variety of forms. The music ...

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... affluent neighborhood. He attended several prep schools as a teenager and was expelled from seven of them for behavior problems. Bob was like the all American kid, he excelled at sports and school when he applied himself. He had boyish good looks and was known as quite the ladies man. Bob ... voice that would captivate audiences. His favorite artists included Muddy Waters and Sonny Lee. Pigpens love for the blues would significantly impact the Grateful Deads early compositions (Rocco 110-111). Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann were the last members to join the Warlocks. Phil's musical backg...

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... the war, politics, emotions, and the sixties' movement (Curtis p.127). How did rock'n'roll incorporate itself into the war, politics, and the American society? From all the issues, the world of rock'n'roll started the first rebellious up rise from which the youth separated themselves from conservatives and changed ... the future of America. The first sign of Rock'n' Roll had to be in the early fifties where it was proposed as an art form (Wicke 1). Rock music was derived from rhythm and blues, which primarily was blacks' music ... roll band, the Beatles, had the hype that Elvis did du...

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