1. Friendly Warning Test # 1 TODAY: 22 September (TUESDAY) covers Chapter 1 & Terminology NB. Testing will begin c. 3:30 pm

2. NO TEST # 1 Materials covered today 3:00 – 3 :25 pm Anything on following slides belongs to Test # 2 or later.

3. Chapter 2 Earliest (original) US popular forms (18 th C) Minstrelsy (1840s-80s, and beyond) Stephen Foster – 1 st US popular composer Bands – Brass and other Tin Pan Alley – the Sheet Music Industry Ragtime (1880s-1910s) – syncopated piano Phonograph – modern technology

4. Stephen Foster (1826-1864) b. Pittsburgh, d. NYC (never in the South) 1 st US professional song composer (“popular”) Over 200 songs Sold outright (no royalties) Hardworking “craftsman” Incredibly popular Marginally successful Stephen Foster (Memorial at U of Pitt )Stephen Foster

5. “Old Folks at Home” (or “Way down upon the Swannee River….”) Stephen Foster's Sketchbook: Old Folks at Home Pee Dee River (South Carolina) Suwannee River (Florida) Original lyrics: Florida State SongFlorida State Song Revised: State Song - Florida Dept. of StateState Song - Florida Dept. of State

6. Foster’s Songs Multiple audiences “Genteel” tradition (sentimental) - Parlor songs for home use - Marilyn Horne sings Beautiful Dreamer (vaimusic.com) – YouTubeMarilyn Horne sings Beautiful Dreamer (vaimusic.com) – YouTube Minstrelsy - work w/ Christy’s Minstrels - “Ethiopian Melodies” - “Plantation Songs” - Comic Songs - OLD FOLKS AT HOME - Original 1851 Verses - Tom Roush - Johnny Cash - Camptown Races – YouTube - "Oh Susanna" as performed by Al Jolson - YouTubeOLD FOLKS AT HOME - Original 1851 Verses - Tom RoushJohnny Cash - Camptown Races – YouTube"Oh Susanna" as performed by Al Jolson - YouTube

7. “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair” Ex.: Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair - YouTubeJeanie With The Light Brown Hair - YouTube

8. “Jeanie” (p. 3-4)

9. “Jeanie” (p. 5-6)

10. Form of “Jeanie” Introduction (4 mm) “A 1 ” Phrase – (4 mm) incomplete cadence “A 2 ” Phrase – (4 mm) modulates to dominant “B” Phrase – (4 mm) new melody “A 3 ” Phrase – (4 mm) strong cadence in tonic Repeat for each new stanza Coda A A B A = “Song Form”

11. Dance Music & (Brass) Bands Social activity for upper classes (& wannabes) Balls based in European social practices - formal dress & strict etiquette - pre-selected list of dances (group & couples) Dance types include: Cotillion (Promenade), Waltz, Polka, Mazurka, Two-Step, One-Step Rural imitations much less formal

12. Civil War Bands (and After)

13. “Town Bands” Danville, KY: Advocate- Messenger Brass Band Allentown (PA) Band (since 1828!)

14. “Business Bands” Professional Concert Bands 50+ members (winds, brass & percussion) Sousa Band – most famous - John Philip Sousa (US Marine Band) - independent concert band Touring Ensemble (US & the World) Recording – early cylinders and records (Sousa opposed “mechanical music”)

15. The Sousa Band Sousa Band (c. 1900 ) John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)