2. Begins on page 331 Chapter 37 Popular Music and Jazz to 1950

3. Popular Music before 1850  Broadsides  Parlor songs ► Not difficult to perform ► Often sentimental  Foster: “Beautiful Dreamer” Copyright © 2010 by Schirmer Cengage Learning

4. Tin Pan Alley  Term for popular music industry  Published many songs; most short-lived  1890s songs ► Lead-in verse followed by chorus ► ¾ meter ► a a b a, in 32 measures

5. Ragtime  Sound like marches for piano ► In 2/4 meter ► Catchy melodies ► Much syncopation, especially in right hand part  Joplin: “Maple Leaf Rag” Copyright © 2010 by Schirmer Cengage Learning

6. Blues  Texts about personal hardships  Musical features ► a a b form in 12 measures ► Established progression of chords ► Strophic with several verses ► Instruments sometimes adds “breaks” in lines  Bessie Smith: “Lost Your Head Blues” Copyright © 2010 by Schirmer Cengage Learning

7. Beginnings of Jazz  Jazz had a variety of ancestors  Was not written down  First appeared in New Orleans funeral bands  Then moved “up the river” to St. Louis and Chicago and then New York

8. Elements of Jazz  Melody  Harmony  Rhythm JOE “KING” OLIVER’S CREOLE JAZZ BAND Copyright © 2010 by Schirmer Cengage Learning

9. Elements of Jazz  Timbre  Form  Improvisation JOE “KING” OLIVER’S CREOLE JAZZ BAND Copyright © 2010 by Schirmer Cengage Learning

10. Types of Jazz  Dixieland ► Armstrong: “Come Back, Sweet Papa”  Boogie-woogie  Swing ► Ellington: “Take the ‘A’ Train” LOUIS ARMSTRONG DUKE ELLINGTON Copyright © 2010 by Schirmer Cengage Learning

11. Summary  Popular music before 1850  Tin Pan Alley  Ragtime  Blues  Beginnings of jazz  Elements of jazz  Types of jazz