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Various Styles of Music
Spiritual• Africans were
brought over from Africa to work. They were treated as slaves.
• Spirituals had dual meaning: as a way to express hope of being freed people one day
Spiritual• and a way to disguise
the way to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
• Ex. Follow the Drinking Gourd = Big Dipper star constellation that points to the North.
Blues• Lyrics about hard
times and personal troubles
• Can sound “blue” – slow and sad
• Can be humorous and lively
• BB King – King of the Blues “How Blue Can You Get?”
Jazz
• Cool and laid-back• OR Fast and intense• Sometimes joined by
singers, sometimes just instruments
• Lots of Solos• Jazz high school band
“Jam A-Ditty”
Swing
• Played by Big Band• Dance music 1920’s – 1940’s• Tommy Dorsey• Glenn Miller• Duke Ellington“It Don’t Mean a Thing (If you ain’t got that swing)”
Gospel
• Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life
• “Oh Happy Day” from Sister Act 2
Hip-Hop
• Sharing their own personal life stories,
• Important events in their lives, or • Social problems they wish to make a
public statement about• I’ll Be Missing You - The Police• I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy, Faith
Evans, 112
Orchestra
• String, Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion Families
• “Symphony #5” by Beethoven
Ballet
• Story told through dance and music (usually played by the Orchestra
• Nutcracker Ballet by Peter Tchaikovsky• “Tea Dance” (guess the country)
Chamber Music
• Small group of Orchestra instruments
• J.S. Bach
Band
• NO String Family• Woodwind, Brass,
and Percussion Families
• John Philip Sousa “Stars and Stripes Forever”
• Marine Band
Opera• Drama set to music• Only singing• Aria – solo song• Richard Wagner “Ride of the Valkyries”
Act 3 of Die Walkure• Mozart “
Queen of the Night” • (2:08 in)
Operetta• Singing and Talking – Play
with many songs• Different from Opera –
shorter and lighter – not as serious
• Gilbert and Sullivan “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General” from “Pirates of Penzance”
• (1 minute in)
Musical Theatre
• Singing and Talking and Dancing• Broadway shows: “Defying Gravity” from Wicked by Stephen Schwartz
Choral
• Group of people singing• George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah”
Keyboard or Piano
• Solo – one person• Piano Concerto No.
23 – 2nd Movement by Mozart – piano playing with orchestra
• Nocturne No. 20 in C# minor – F. Chopin
Songs
• Vocal Songs – many genres• Solo, Duet, Trio, Quartet, etc…• Classical - Clara Schuman• Country – Patsy Cline• Crooner – Michael Buble• Jazz – Ella Fitzgerald
Any Questions
• Or need to review anything?
• Test next class…
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