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Scott Joplin (1868-1917) King of Ragtime –From purely improvisation to serious art –Classical forms Highly syncopated melodies “Maple Leaf Rag” –Sectional.

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1 Scott Joplin (1868-1917) 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

2 Blues Truly American form of folk music 12 bar blues progression (p. 423) Blue notes

3 Early Jazz New Orleans African-American elements –Ragtime, blues –Spirituals, work songs Improvisation Congo Square Storyville

4 Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)

5 Later Jazz Styles Bebop Cool jazz Third Stream Fusion

6 American Musical Theater Developed from comic opera Victor Herbert; Jerome Kern Cole Porter; Frank Loesser Lerner & Loewe Rogers & Hammerstein Stephen Sondheim; Andrew Lloyd Webber

7 Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Report on Leonard Bernstein by Meredith Carr

8 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)

9 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


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