Scott Joplin ( ) King of Ragtime –From purely improvisation to serious art –Classical forms Highly syncopated melodies “Maple Leaf Rag” –Sectional dance form –Sheet music - over a million sold
Blues Truly American form of folk music 12 bar blues progression (p. 423) Blue notes
Early Jazz New Orleans African-American elements –Ragtime, blues –Spirituals, work songs Improvisation Congo Square Storyville
Louis Armstrong ( )
Later Jazz Styles Bebop Cool jazz Third Stream Fusion
American Musical Theater Developed from comic opera Victor Herbert; Jerome Kern Cole Porter; Frank Loesser Lerner & Loewe Rogers & Hammerstein Stephen Sondheim; Andrew Lloyd Webber
Leonard Bernstein ( ) Report on Leonard Bernstein by Meredith Carr
Bernstein - West Side Story Romeo and Juliet Act I “The Dance at the Gym, Mambo” –Afro-Cuban dance –Fast- highly syncopated Act I “Tonight” ensemble –Fire escape (balcony scene)
Rise of Rock & Roll Union of--- –African-American rhythm and blues –Country/western and pop music mid 50’s –Bill Haley; Elvis Presley –Chuck Berry; Little Richard Motown The Beatles