Elvis Presley's 'Popular Music'
Popular Music
Popular music, or pop music', means music of the populace'. The term embraces all kinds of folk music which, originally made by illiterate people, were not written down.
The creation of a popular music that aims simply at entertaining large numbers of people is a product of industrialisation, in which music became a commodity to be bought and sold. It is in the rapid industrialised nations, notably Britain and USA, that we first encounter composers who have devoted themselves to fulfilling a demand for popular, entertainment music.
· Foster
Stephen Foster (Born Lawrenceville in 1826; died in New York in 1864)
Foster was an American composer, mainly self-taught in music. He wrote over 200 songs, several of which …show more content…
Elvis Presley responded to a non- conformist small-town background far more rebelliously. Whereas Williams created his own songs, mostly about broken loves, Presley used other people's modes and manners to evoke an image of narcissistic self-esteem. Dressed extravagantly he brought it off because he had abilities to bolster charisma. Presley's confidence in his voice projected his image, Heartbreak Hotel, the number that bought him instant fame in 1956, was in origin a Southern country song. Presley uses both black barrelhouse and white Pentecostal styles as part of his performing expertise. Strait romantic lyricism is held in tension. The performance stimulates because it is precarious. He was always a performer and never a composer. The two poles of his nature- white dream-maker and black rebel- were both attempted escapes from routine. Presley was a solo performer: he could brook no competition. But as rock music developed it increasingly took over from gospel music the concept of the group. The rock group reached its climax not in the USA but in traditionally conservative
Popular music, or pop music', means music of the populace'. The term embraces all kinds of folk music which, originally made by illiterate people, were not written down.
The creation of a popular music that aims simply at entertaining large numbers of people is a product of industrialisation, in which music became a commodity to be bought and sold. It is in the rapid industrialised nations, notably Britain and USA, that we first encounter composers who have devoted themselves to fulfilling a demand for popular, entertainment music.
· Foster
Stephen Foster (Born Lawrenceville in 1826; died in New York in 1864)
Foster was an American composer, mainly self-taught in music. He wrote over 200 songs, several of which …show more content…
Elvis Presley responded to a non- conformist small-town background far more rebelliously. Whereas Williams created his own songs, mostly about broken loves, Presley used other people's modes and manners to evoke an image of narcissistic self-esteem. Dressed extravagantly he brought it off because he had abilities to bolster charisma. Presley's confidence in his voice projected his image, Heartbreak Hotel, the number that bought him instant fame in 1956, was in origin a Southern country song. Presley uses both black barrelhouse and white Pentecostal styles as part of his performing expertise. Strait romantic lyricism is held in tension. The performance stimulates because it is precarious. He was always a performer and never a composer. The two poles of his nature- white dream-maker and black rebel- were both attempted escapes from routine. Presley was a solo performer: he could brook no competition. But as rock music developed it increasingly took over from gospel music the concept of the group. The rock group reached its climax not in the USA but in traditionally conservative