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The World of Music 6th edition
Part 2 Listening to American Music: Folk, Religious, Pop, and Jazz Chapter 4: Traditional Folk and Religious Music
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The Roots of Folk Music - Here since the earliest European settlers
- Related to everyday life - African-American rooted largely in deep south - Anglo-American from the northeast - Subcultures have their own style such as Appalachian and Ozark mountain music Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 4 Traditional Folk and Religious Music
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Traditional Folk Music
Informal Simple Not Written Constantly Changing Anonymous Passed down by oral tradition Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 4 Traditional Folk and Religious Music
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Folk Song Types Narrative Ballads Lyric Songs Work Songs
Children’s Songs Protest Songs Rally Songs Dance Music Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 4 Traditional Folk and Religious Music
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Blues Secular Version of the Negro Spiritual
Influenced Many other Folk Styles Boogie Woogie Rock Zydeco Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 4 Traditional Folk and Religious Music
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Urban Folk Revival Kingston Trio – “Tom Dooley” Peter, Paul and Mary
Pete Seger Bob Dylan The 60’s counterculture Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 4 Traditional Folk and Religious Music
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Psalm Singing Urban Rural European Formal Notated Memorized Lining Out
Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 4 Traditional Folk and Religious Music
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Negro Sprituals Sacred Texts Famous Around the World
Bending/Sliding Notes Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 4 Traditional Folk and Religious Music
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Traditional Black Gospel Music
Emotional Vocal Physical Theatrical Musically Skillful Syncopated Ornate Cross-Over Artists Edwin Hawkins Singers Aretha Franklin Sam Cooke Little Richard Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 4 Traditional Folk and Religious Music
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Gospel Music Today Often Racially Mixed Television All Styles
Country & Western Rhythm & Blues Heavy Metal Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 4 Traditional Folk and Religious Music
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Traditional White Gospel Music
Austere Classical Four-Part Composers Thomas Hastings William Bradbury Lowell Mason Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 4 Traditional Folk and Religious Music
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Chapter Summary Do you listen to folk music styles? (Suggestion: Think carefully about the function of your favorite music?) Compare and contrast the traditional black and white gospel traditions. Consider the following: Origins Texts Instrumentation Types of virtuosity/complexity Style elements Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 4 Traditional Folk and Religious Music
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Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 4 Traditional Folk and Religious Music
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