MUSC 3385 History of Popular Music

Ch 3: Catching as the Small-pox, 1917-1935, pp. 44-68

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1.

How did changes in the music business affect American popular music
during the 1920s? It affected popular music by because of the radio it
allowed more people to hear a variety of music and sound film and by new
institutions that were designed to protect the rights of composers and music
publishers (45-46)
2.

What were the new technologies that changed the sound of popular music
during the 1920s? How did they change the sound? The microphone
allowed engineers to isolate and amplify particular sounds. Radio network
allowed for people to hear music across the states and with film and musical
theater being born it allowed for people to hear a variety of music (46)
3.
What is ASCAP? When and why was it founded? Who founded it? The
founder of ASCAP is unknown in this book a company that controls the flow
of profits from the sales and broadcast of popular music; it was founded in
1914 in an attempt to force all business establishments that featured live
music to pay fees for the public use of music; was founded by
4.

Around the beginning of the twentieth century, several fundamental

changes took place in American social dancing, closely paralleling shifts in
popular music. Describe these changes. Also, what was the reaction to
ragtime dancing and the tango? The demand for orchestrated versions of
ragtime gave a rise to fads loosely based on black styles. They were developed
in clubs and dance halls in the south; the tango was not popularized until it
appeared in a Broadway musical by a married couple who performed that
and the turkey trot in the show
5.

Who were Vernon and Irene Castle? What was their contribution to popular
music/culture? Describe the career of James Reese Europe.

They were the married couple who popularized the tango and changed the
course of social dancing by attracting middle class Americans to the ballroom
and make it more democratically; An African American Musician who
became Vernon and Irene music director who opened up the clef club and his
band became the couples band to provide music for their new dances
6.

Where did Jazz first develop? What were the contributing factors? What
were the stylistic features found in early Jazz? Jazz music emerged from the
confluence of what New Orleans diverse musical traditions? It developed
in New Orleans around 1900; The factors that contributed to jazz was that
New Orleans was integrated with blacks, whites, and creole communities and
had strong French culture; Styles that were found in early jazz was ragtime
and marching band styles(56)
7.
What were the earliest Jazz bands like? How did they change over time?
They had repertoires of polkas, mazurkas, schottisches, and quadrilles;
Overtime jazz bands began to become more adaptable to music for
dances(56)
8.
Recount the career of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Was the first
recorded jazz band and created a major sensation in New York attracting
large crowds where they got their biggest appreciation and sparked a new era
in American Music (56-59)
9.

Who billed himself as the King of Jazz? Explain his background and
career. What important contributions did he make to Jazz? Paul
Whiteman; He began studying music at age 7 and joined the symphony as a
violist at 17 and soon after he formed a danced band that played around San
Francisco; he was a musician and a business man who paved the was for the
swing era by establishing a higher level of professionalism.(61-65)
10.

List and explain two factors that contributed to the tremendous impact of
Jazz on mainstream popular music. New music came from New Orleans
which fed the craze for syncopated dance music that had already swept the
nation. The other factor is the south to north migration that started during
WWI. This allow cultures to become mix and music to blend with other forms
of music and create a support system for musicians particularly in African
American Neighborhoods. (67)