Jazz

ADULT

MAINSTREAM

BLUES &

R&B

FOLK &

COUNTRY

GOSPEL

JAZZ

Gospel

Jazz

Blues &

R&B

Folk &

Country

Theatre &

Adult Mainstream

Jazz

HISTORY OF

Theatre/Adult Mainstream

POPULAR MUSIC

Pre-1800s

1837

1910

1930

1865

1900

1940

1963

1950

1955

1960

Afro Folk

Minstrel Shows

Chapter 1

Pre-1800

1830

1840

1850

1860

1870

1880

1890

1900

1910

1920

1930

1940

1950

1960

1965

Vaudeville

Anglo Folk

Preceded by: ______

Has future influence on: ______

Lab 1

Lecture 2

Lecture 3

Lecture 1

Week 1

1840 - 1900: In Black and White

Themes and Streams

in American Pop: Part 2

Themes and Streams

in American Pop: Part 1

Understanding the foundations of American Popular Music

• Praise Houses
• Minstrelsy
• Vaudeville
• Fisk Jubilee Singers
• Delta Blues

-Why Study History?

-5 Themes of Study

-Anglo Folk (voice & instrument)

-Afro Folk (voice & instrument)

Subseqent Genre Development

Lab 2

Lecture 6

Lecture 4

Lecture 5

Week 2

1930 - 1945

1900 - 1929: Before the Crash

1945-1950

1900 - 1929

• Blues Migration
• Chicago Jazz and Big Band
• Adult Mainstream
• Theatre

• Folk Revival
• Dust Bowl, Communism
• Bluegrass

• Ragtime
• Blues are notated
• Recording Techniques
• Country, Barn Dances, & Early Radio; Bristol Sessions
• Hot Jazz

Lab 3

Lecture 9

Lecture 7

Lecture 8

Week 3

1930-1945

Lab 4

Lecture 11

Lecture 12

Week 3

Lecture 10

1945-1965

Lab X