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History of the Blues & Ragtime
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History of the Blues & Ragtime
A Short History of the Blues
Birth of the Blues
Social Factors
A wide variety of social factors affected the development of blues music. Read the article excerpt, 'The Blues: A Case Study on the Influence of ‘Outside’ Factors in Shaping Music Genre.' and answer the following questions...
Social Factors
What outside influences affected blues music?
What outside influences affected the blues music industry?
Music
Industry
Music
• Transcription sales boosts popularity (pre radio)
• Definition of style began to appear (by labeling for sale purposes)
• Radio/sheet music helped 'pastiche' artists develop the style.
• Great Depression caused record industry to crash - low income areas were the blues audience.
• WWII split up bands.
• Uses social upheaval as part of the music - (gospel/work songs etc.)
• Music contains some ancient tradition but mainly a current response to the artist's situations.
• WWII allowed black and white musicians to mix and share styles.
Compare positive and negative
Schmoop. 2018. BLUES MUSIC HISTORY TIMELINE. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.shmoop.com/blues-history/timeline.html. [Accessed 30 September 2018].
1899
Maple Leaf Rag published - this would become a key influence on the Piedmont style
1865
Civil war ends
1619
Slaves Arrive
in America
1861
Civil war begins
Timeline
1890
Rise of Jim Crow
1912
First blues songs published as sheet music
1808
Congress passes legislation banning importation of slaves
1863
President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, nominally freeing the slaves.
Key artists and sub-genres
Key Artists and Sub-Genres
Jump Blues (ca.1940)
Piedmont (ca. 1920-30)
Delta Blues (ca.1920)
Blind Boy Fuller
Louis Jordan
Cab Calloway
Robert Johnson
Electric Blues (ca. 1940)
Chicago Blues (ca. 1950)
T-Bone Walker
John Lee Hooker
Howlin' Wolf
Muddy Waters
Ragtime introduction
Ragtime
1. America
6. Joplin, Lamb, Scott
2. Piano
7. Publishing deal
3. Fast and Syncopated rhythms
8. An opera
Answers
9. Golliwog's cakewalk
4. No improvisation
5. Sheet music
10. The 1920's
Read the article: "An overview of 'What is Ragtime'?"
Reading
- Create an in text citation and reference list entry for the article
- Complete your research document identifying social & cultural influences on/from the music.
- Identify key musical features mentioned