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Modern/ Contemporary Music

Modern/ Contemporary Music. John Phillip Sousa. “The March King” Emphasized brass instruments Stars and Stripes Forever. Aaron Copland. Used American forms of music (jazz, folk) in his work Worked as a film scorer in Hollywood and won a Pulitzer Prize for his work on ballets

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Modern/ Contemporary Music

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  1. Modern/ Contemporary Music

  2. John Phillip Sousa • “The March King” • Emphasized brass instruments • Stars and Stripes Forever

  3. Aaron Copland • Used American forms of music (jazz, folk) in his work • Worked as a film scorer in Hollywood and won a Pulitzer Prize for his work on ballets • Appalachian Song

  4. Igor Stravinsky • Seen as the musical counterpoint to Picasso • Changed his style many times • Firebird Suite

  5. Duke Ellington • Jazz musician • Focused on Big Band sound • Take the A Train

  6. George Gershwin • American composer known for his clever lyrics and jazz-style compositions • Porgy and Bess, first American, English-speaking opera • Rhapsody in Blue

  7. Folk Music

  8. WC Handy • “Father of the Blues” • Introduced a new style of music to the world • Did not invent the blues but brought them to a worldwide audience • 1st blues song– Memphis Blues • Beale Street

  9. Robert Johnson • “King of the Delta Blues” • Used voice and guitar only • Dubbed father of rock and roll • Crossroads

  10. Jimmie Rogers • “Father of Country Music” • Guitar, voice • Yodel • In the Jailhouse Now

  11. Bill Monroe • The Father of Bluegrass Music • High lonesome sound • Mandolin with bass, guitar, and fiddle • Blue Moon of Kentucky

  12. Woody Guthrie • Noted for his identification with • the common man • the poor • the downtrodden • Hated fascism and exploitation • This Land Is Your Land

  13. Pete Seeger • Banjo player • Worked with Guthrie early in career • Red Scare– blackballed from music industry • Knee Deep in the Big Muddy • We Shall Overcome

  14. Bob Dylan • Influenced heavily by Woody Guthrie • Became most popular folk musician since Guthrie, but lost folk audience for going electric • Blowin’ in the Wind

  15. Popular Music

  16. Frank Sinatra/ The Rat Pack • Big Band Sound • One lead singer with full orchestral arrangement • Strangers in the Night

  17. Hank Williams, Sr. • “The Hillbilly Shakespeare” • Honky Tonk Style • I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

  18. Early Rock and Roll • Electric guitar, stand-up bass, drums, piano, saxophone • Bill Haley and the Comets– Rock Around the Clock

  19. Buddy Holly • Rock and roll chords (C, G, E) • 15 #1 hits on the Billboard Top 40 in one year • Peggy Sue

  20. Elvis Presley • King of Rock and Roll • Huge teen idol and heart throb • Performed older African-American blues songs • Jailhouse Rock

  21. The Beatles • The British Invasion • I Want to Hold Your Hand • Experimentation with musical instruments • Hey, Jude

  22. Beach Boys • The California Surf Sound • Experimentation with musical time signatures, music • Good Vibrations

  23. James Brown • “The Godfather of Soul” • Soul music • Funk music • I’m Black and I’m Proud

  24. Motown • Berry Gordy • Black sound • Back-up singers and doo-wop groups • I Heard it Through the Grapevine

  25. Johnny Cash • “The Man in Black” • Boom-chick-a-boom sound • Folsom Prison Blues

  26. Ray Charles • Rhythm and blues • Added gospel sound to rock and roll • Piano and boogie-woogie sound • In the Nighttime

  27. Led Zepplin • Hard rock/ heavy metal • Volume to 11 • Kashmir

  28. Reggae • Bob Marley • Jimmy Cliff • Kettle drums with basic electric guitar • Redemption Song

  29. Singer/ Songwriters • Blended different genres with intelligent songwriting • Willie Nelson • Paul Simon • Bruce Springsteen

  30. George Jones • “The Possum” • Songs of everyday people and tragic loss • Experimented with voice and phrasing • He Stopped Loving Her Today

  31. Disco • Infusion of funk, soul and salsa music • Rhythm guitar with a “chicken scratch” style • Theme from Shaft, by Isaac Hayes

  32. Michael Jackson • Changed pop music into upbeat numbers with synthesized beats • “The King of Pop” • Thriller

  33. Rap • MC– Master of Ceremonies • A mix of spoken word, sampled melodies, and “scratching” records • Sugar Hill Gang • Rapper’s Delight

  34. Jazz

  35. Louis Armstrong • “Satchmo” • Trumpet player and singer • Reinvented himself as both Big Band performer, pop singer, and jazz trumpeter • Summertime

  36. Charlie Parker • “The Yardbird” or “Bird” • Considered among greatest saxophonists of all time • Helped create bebop

  37. Thelonius Monk • Pianist who used “stride” piano techniques along with more “avant garde” approach • Used the entire keyboard, not just those notes “in tune” • ‘Round Midnight

  38. Ella Fitzgerald • “The First Lady of Song” • Three octave range • Great American Songbook • Summertime

  39. Billie Holliday • “Lady Day” • Along with Fitzgerald, considered one of greatest jazz voices of all time • Strange Fruit

  40. Miles Davis • Bebop– Throttled notes • Cool jazz—Improvisation • Modal jazz– No keys, just notes. • Jazz fusion—Soul, R&B, and jazz added with electric instrumentation • Tempus Fugit

  41. Herbie Hancock • Redefined the rhythm section of jazz bands • Synthesizer innovator • Watermelon Man

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