The 1920s were an age of dramatic political‚ economic and social change. For the first time‚ more Americans lived in cities than on farms. The nation’s total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929‚ and this economic growth swept many Americans into an affluent but unfamiliar “consumer society.” People did not have to worry about struggling with money. People had to rely on physical labor in the farm life but that changed when everyone started to move to the urban city with no physical labor
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The History Of Jazz The first jazz was played in the early 20th century. The work chants and folk music of black Americans are among the sources of jazz‚ which reflects the rhythms and expressions of West African song. Ragtime‚ an Afro-American music that first appeared in the 1890s‚ was composed for the piano‚ and each rag is a composition with several themes. The leading ragtime composer was Scott Joplin. The first improvising jazz musician was the cornetist Buddy Bolden‚ leader of a band in
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Bebop Jazz and The Beat Poets A throbbing pulsation of a drum with rapid‚ short strokes‚ a plucking sound form a string instrument‚ and a couple of lively voices come together to create rhythm and harmony‚ all while building a statement. An enormous crowd of dark bodies move to the beat of the harmonious sounds‚ some tenderly swaying‚ others aggressively thumping their feet. This scene is familiar to the nineteenth-century in New Orleans. Notorious architect‚ Benjamin Latrobe‚ had witnessed
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To begin with‚ the Western world used the term the Roaring Twenties to refer to the period of 1920s. This period did usher in the birth of a modernized national lifestyle; because Americans who were war-weary did come to value leisure and also convenience over self-denial and leisure. The main characteristics of this new national consumer-based society were; 1. Culture clashes People’s culture was clashed during this period where they had to adopt a new way of doing things. 2. Politics of fear During
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Devin Nishizaki Period 2 3/11/10 1920’s DBQ Beginning in the early 1920’s‚ America found itself in a frenzy of revolutionary movements that would shift the everyday lives of American citizens and pave the way to the modern era. A struggle between old ideas of conservatism and new liberal movements surfaced during the “roaring twenties”. The new movements that began rearing their heads during this time period consisted of liberal political ideas‚ the advancements of rights
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popular dance bands in the United States during the 1920s‚ Whiteman produced recordings that were immensely successful‚ and press notices often referred to him as the "King of Jazz". Using a large ensemble and exploring many styles of music‚ Whiteman is perhaps best known for his blending of symphonic music and jazz‚ as typified by his 1924 commissioning and debut of George Gershwin’s jazz-influenced "Rhapsody In Blue". Whiteman recorded many jazz and pop standards during his career‚ including "Wang
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Jazz Timeline (1900-1955) Roots of Jazz: It had blend elements of several cultures. First‚ West African emphasis on improvisation‚ percussion and call-and –response techniques. Second‚ American brass band influence on instrumentation. Third‚ European harmonic and structural practice. Blues and Ragtime were immediate source. Ragtime: Ragtime piano music is generally in duple meter and is performed at a moderate march tempo. The pianist’s right hand plays a highly syncopated
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Ravipas Chaloenchansa 2407189 Ams 650 Final Paper May 7th 2013 The Problem with White Hipness‚ Race‚ Gender and Cultural Conception in Jazz Historical Discourse. The idea of African American music and hipness as cultural critique has detached itself over the past from the circulated internationally‚ particular historical context of bebop; it has inspired
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The music of Jazz is said to have been conceived in New Orleans and moved up the Mississippi River to Memphis‚ St. Louis and finally Chicago. Of course that seems to be the history of what we now refer to as jazz‚ however‚ the influences of what led to those early New Orleans sounds goes back to tribal African drum beats and European musical structures. To Me Jazz is the form of expressing yourself in many different styles and various ways. Jazz is said to be the fundamental rhythms of human life
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Dance is an expression of the soul. Jazz dance is by far the only style of dance that has its own spiritual‚ physical and emotional evolution. Jazz dance is a lifestyle; blended cultures and personal impressions; the connection with the music‚ harmonious balance between all its’ elements‚ and the manifestation of freedom through the rhythm combining jazz and dance. New Orleans is thought to be the birth of Jazz dance. The origin goes back to the days of slavery. Ripped from the motherland‚ detached
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