Scott Joplin and Maple Leaf Rag

• Scott Joplin is the best-known composer of ragtime music.
• He was an African American composer and pianist
• Joplin received instruction in classical music theory from a German teacher
• In 1893, he attended the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and then started a brass band.
• Joplin had a small ensemble in the 1890s with piano, banjo, fiddle, brass, and drums
• He moved to Sedalia, Missouri where he wrote most of his famous compositions

Maple Leaf Rag (1898)

• "Maple Leaf Rag" was named after the Maple Leaf Social Club.
• It was a huge hit
• The song then started a nationwide craze for syncopated music
• It featured a form and style typical of classic ragtime
• The form is AABBACCDD, having a common theme in marches
• The right hand plays syncopated rhythms against a regular bass part played by the left hand.
• Rhythmic interest comes from the interplay of two hands.

Tin Pan Alley

• It is a music publishing business centered in New York City at the end of the 19th century
• Established publishers were challenged by smaller companies specializing in more exciting popular songs performed in dance halls, beer gardens, and theatres
• "Tin Pan Alley" stretches along 28th Street in lower Manhattan, where composers and "song pluggers” produced and promoted popular songs
• The 1890s were the beginning of the modern American music business
• Walking past these buildings with the windows open, you could hear the cacophony of 60 pianos playing at once, which sounded like tin pans smacking together.
• This era lasted until the 1940s and was an extremely long-standing popular music era, longer than rock n roll
• It was a centralized music production
• Song pluggers worked for publishers and would take the songs out into the public and perform them to promote them
• They would circulate music created in these publishing houses, and would try to get influential performers to hear the songs and add them to their shows.

Popular Songs

• Popular songs were printed as sheet music and promoted by song pluggers, whose job it was to promote a given company's product
• Sheet music was sold by music outlets, mail-order houses, and department stores
• Vaudeville was a popular theatrical form descended from music hall shows and minstrelsy
• It was also an important medium for popularizing Tin Pan Alley songs
• Vaudeville consisted of a series of performances by singers, acrobats, comedians, jugglers, dancers, animal handlers, etc.
• Tin Pan Alley dominated the mainstream music industry for 70 years
• Paul Dresser (1857-1906) was one of the most popular composers of the Tin Pan Alley period
• Harry Von Tilzer wrote Take Me Out to the Ball Game":
• Plantation songs were popular

After the Ball (1892)

• The music and lyrics was written by Charles K. Harris
• Harris was a self-taught banjo player from Wisconsin who could not write music but dictated it to a professional musician
• "After the Ball" became more popular after it was performed by John Sousa's band in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
• Harris declined 10,000 offer for rights and published it himself and cleared 25,000 a month.
• Success demonstrated that popular music could be a lucrative business and encouraged young entrepreneurs to set up their own publishing firms
• It was the first mega-hit pop song, selling over 5 million copies in sheet music
• It used strophes, with 3 main sections each with verse and chorus
• The repeated chorus added memorability, singability and a hook
• Its waltz time is likely added to its appeal

The Rise of the Phonograph

• Thomas Alva Edison invented the phonograph in 1877
• Around the same time, the phonograph was also invented by French inventor Charles Cros
• In 1887, Emile Berliner developed the flat gramophone disc
• In 1902, the 12-inch shellac disc played at a speed of 78 rpm and could hold 4 minutes of music
• First phonographs regarded as toys and mnemonic devices

Hit Records

• Hit records before WWI fit into two broad categories
  • Sentimental Songs: references to family, home and "good old days"
  • Syncopated ragtime songs: celebration of novelty and excitement
• The phonograph for the home was a sign of high class
• Schizophonia was a term popularized by Canadian composer R. Murray Shafer (1977).
  • It separates sound from its original (human) source
• Schizophonia also loosened connections between music as a communication and community tool
• The term allows for the same music to be heard over vast geographical distances

Early Music Industry

• By the 1910s, there was fierce competition between publishers
  • Mass promotion of songs included campaigns in newspapers, theatres, department stores, and catalogues

Chapter 3

• The Production and consumption of popular music are influenced by new technologies radio and sound film were also popular
• New institutions to protect rights of composer and music publishers
• The Great Depression led to a fascination with "novelty"

Radio Network

• The first radio program in the US was broadcast in 1906 After WWI, military restrictions on broadcasting encouraged the growth of the industry
• The first three commercial radio stations were established in 1920
• Network radio developed and in 1926 the first nationwide commercial radio, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
• NBC was followed by Columbian Broadcasting (CBS)
• ABC also developed
• Electric recording was developed in 1925
• Microphones replaced older system of acoustic recording, where performers had to project into a huge megaphone. High fidelity technology allowed recording engineers greater latitude in manipulating music sounds to produce certain affects.

Sound Film

• Sound Film was introduced in 1927
  • The Jazz Singer (1927) was based on a successful Broadway play, starring Al Jolson, a vaudeville superstar. The film tells the story of a Jewish Cantor's son who becomes a success singing "jazz" songs in blackface
  • The Broadway Melody (1929) was the first all-talking, singing and dancing film musical released by MGM, and it won an Oscar and established musical formations in music

Week 2.2

• Licensing and copyright agencies oversee PRO: performance rights organizations Control the flow of profits from sale and broadcast of popular music
• This was easier when it was only live performances, but then it became harder to track as the recording and radio industry grew

ASCAP

• ASCAP was founded in 1914 to attempt to force all live business establishments that featured live music pay fees for public use of music
• ASCAP mostly represented and protected white performers, authors, and publishers, and when working class and black artists sought representation, they were initially denied
• Another organization was founded to protect these groups

"Freak Dances": Turkey Trot

• The Turkey Trot increased the influence of African American dance
• White people were fascinated by the "exotic" dance of AA
• Resulted in a craze for orchestrated versions of ragtime song
• Dance fads were loosely based on black dance styles including Texas tommy, turkey trot, bunny hug, grizzle bear, boston dip, one-step, and fox-trot
• Some of these names already existed within the AA community and some of them were labelled once they made it to the middle classes
• There is a link to derogatory views of AA with the animal names
• Turkey trot departure from restrained movement of white dances and was thought to be indecent

James Reese Europe and the Castles

• Vernon and Irene Castle, along with James Europe were the biggest media superstars around World War I (1912-1918). They did more than anyone to change the course of social dancing
• They attracted millions of people to the ballroom, who were learning to dance like the castles
• Expanded the stylistic range of popular dances, which included AA dances
• Established image of mastery and romance
• James Reese Europe was fired by the castles, but in 1910, founded the Clef Club, which he performed in and led his band, but also functioned as a social club, booking agency, and trade union for AA musicians.
• He helped AA in ways ASCAP wouldn't.
• In 1913, the Castles attended a private society party where Europe's Clef Club orchestra played.
• From 1913-1918, he composed all of the Castles’ dance steps and provided musicians for live engagements. Europe continued to establish a black symphony orchestra that specialized in AA composers
• In 1916, he went to Europe for World War I and founded the Hell Fighters and were the first band to play music similar to jazz in Europe

Castle House Rag

• "Castle House Rag" Written by James Reese Europe and performed by his society orchestra; was recorded in 1914
• In 1913, the Europe Society Orchestra became the first black group to sign a record deal
• Musical influences included ragtime and marching band
• Form: AABBACCDDEEF
• The drumkit now included bass, snare, high hat, smaller drums (tom toms, flor tom), and cymbals
• Some argue that James Reese Europe's drummer was the one that popularized the proto versions of the kit drum
• His drum kit included a bass kick drum, cymbals, woodblock, and cowbell

Jazz

• Jazz as popular music: original dixieland jazz band, the creole jazz band and louis armstrong
• Jazz was the next stage of african americanization of ballroom dance
• It was then called Jass or hot music
• It originated in New Orleans, likely because it was an important centre of trade between the Caribbean and America
• In the city, some of these workers were black and some were white, and it became a “melting pot” of musical traditions
• Culturally distinct white, creole, and black communities developed in New Orleans New Orleans served as a major military centre in the Civil War, resulting in an abundance of excess instruments from the marching bands of the war. There was a place called Congo Square which allowed AA to congregate and not be harassed.
• The earliest jazz bands were dance bands that included a violin, mandolin, string bass, and sometimes wind instruments
• In rowdy contexts for social dancing like bars, jazz bands included a drum set, cornet/trumpet, trombone, and clarinet which could project over the nose of a loud crowd

Recordings

• The first jazz recordings were made in NYC or Chicago because there were no studios and facilities to record music elsewhere.
• The first recording to be labelled "Jass” was in 1917
• Nick LaRocca led a group of white new orleans musicians called Original Dixieland Jazz Band, and in 1917 recorded “Livery Stable Blues” and “Original Dixieland"...
• There is controversy around him as the originator of jazz for making the first recording because he was play AA styles and just so happened to have the means to travel to New York and make the first jazz recording
• "Tiger Rag" was Written by Nick LaRocca and Performed by the original dixieland jazz band, then Recorded 1918
• It featured a frontline of three instruments: cornet, clarinet, and trombone
• The cornet or trumpet would normally play the main melody
• The clarinet played higher and around the cornet melody
• The trombone would often play arpeggios (a chord but all the notes played separately)
• The rhythm section was comprised of piano and a “trap set” consisting of snare drum, tom-tom, cymbals, and woodblock
• The formal arrangement was similar to ragtime and stop time where the band would stop and then the clarinet would play some fill.
• Most of the performance was arranged and not improvised
• Since it was an early recording, it is difficult to hear the drums, but then you can hear the cow bell easily
• It had low fidelity and was hard to hear certain frequencies, and the quality was determined by placement in regards to the location of the horn of the gramophone

Early Jazz Recordings

• Early jazz recordings were made with collective improv, with each player embellished with their own parts
• Syncopation took place, where the cornet played an syncopated pattern
• Stop time with band stops for few beats and other instruments plays short solo
• Unusual instrumental techniques, glides and slide, increased novelties, where AA often pushed limits of instrument technologies and were not part of classical music realm
• Some encouraged to use instruments non conventionally and explore entire sonic range of instruments

Dipper Mouth Blue

• "Dipper Mouth Blue"was Written by King Joe Oliver and Performed by Creole Jazz Band and recorded 1923
• One of earliest recordings of AA jazz and the first authentic evidence of mature jazz styles, jazz had been around already for quite some time by the time this was recorded
• King Joe Oliver was a cornetist who played in brass bands, dance bands, and small groups in new orleans, and whose popularity crossed economic and racial boundaries
• He brought Louis Armstrong into his band and propelled him to success
• He was skilled as a band leader
• Oliver used a style that emphasized short melodic phrases and a foursquare rhythm
• He was Known for use of the mute of the cornet/trumpet (plunger like thing in the bell of instrument)
• They sounded more in command and relaxed while playing, that if they made a mistake maybe they could fake their way through it with more improvisations and more confidence as players, the tempo was slower than tiger rag but it feels more lively and fun
• Syncopations were played more smoothly than tiger rag
• There was more improv
• Made up of three basic sections
• Disciplined balance between improv and composition
• Later on jazz became more and more known and played as improvisation

Louis Armstrong

• Louis Armstrong had a six decade musical career and balanced artistic and commercial sides of jazz
• Established core features of jazz, including rhythmic drive, swing, and emphasis on its instrumental virtuosity
• Influenced the development of mainstream popular singing during 1920s-1930s
• Music that is swung has a quality that idk how to type/Players like an off kilter time, not playing straight
• Armstrong often spoke of importances of balance between improv and straightforward treatment of melody

West End Blues (1928)

• "West End Blues" is the most important and influential recording

Aint Misbehavin

• Includes a complete sung refrain between two instrumental statements of the same music
• Featured "Scat" singing (nonsense syllables)
• Used bits of a comedian in music by using false endings and quotes (from gershwins rhapsody in Blue)
• Theres more

Paul Whiteman

• Paul Whiteman Led Ambassador orchestra, classically trained a musician, astute businessman, and assumed titled "king of jazz" Widened market of jazz based dance music
• Hired younge jazz players and arrangers
• Established level of professionalism in dance bands
• Defended jazz against moral critics, but not a big champion of black jazz musician
• "Jazz missionary” and describes jazz and black culture defined negatively and as lacking certain level of civilization
• In his autobiography “jazz” he credits african music and slave trade for jazz in the beginning of the book but thats it
• He was the most prominent jazz musician around the turn of century and in 1930's

East St. Louis Toodle-Oo

• "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" was Written by Duke Ellington and “bubber” Miley; perfromed by Duke Ellington and Hls Washtingtonians; recorded 1927
• Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was one of the most influential jazz musicians
• He was trying to do a classical version of jazz
  • Expanded the formal design and sonic palette of jazz but in a way that borrowed from his own traditions, not european classical traditions
  • James "bubber” Miley (1903-1932) influenced by king joe olivers use of mute; created his own signature sound bu combining two kinds of mutes and creating a deep growl in his throat. he inserted a Mute into the bell as well as a sort of lunger mute and hed move in front of the bell to create some warps in the sound
  • the Soli all horns play the same melody together in harmony
• theres no main melody, the song made you dont leave knowing the tune
• The Washingtonians theme song which is interesting since its not catchy
• the unique sound of had a way that made so that people could still recognize it

Chapter Four

• Tin Pan Alley - influential and commercially successful songs
• Richard Rogers (1902-1979)
• Produced many of the finest song of the period, which included sound of music
• The "Words and music" phrase came out of the TPA era
• Most of the time there were different people that wrote music and lyrics
• Normally in TPA the music was written first and then a lyracist would set word to music, or a Another writer
• Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
• Grew up poor in nyc ghetto and achieved first success witing ragtime influenced pop songs

George Gershwin

• George Gershwin did did the most toe bridge gap between art music and pop music
• He studied european classical music but spent a slot of time listening to jazz musicians in nyc Influence of jewish immigrants from central and eastern music
• More points

Tin Pan Alley Song Form

• AABA structure and verse and chorus forms from the 19th century and popular until the later half of 20th century
• One section similar to the rest of the sections but with different words, with a completely different section but then a similar music section to the first but with different lyrics
• There is also a the Verse refrain form, where the Verse sets up the dramatic content or emotional tone
• The Refrain - AABA part of TPA songs were the most popular part of the song
• The difference between refrain and chorus was unknown
• This song form became the basis of listening habits and audiences came to expect this particular musical form. and became the background for So experimentations that still happened but with the knowledge of what the audience was expecting, it became Designed to help people escape the pressures of daily life, and Did not deal with controversial or stressful topics and Were always nice and lovely

Crooning

Crooning: was a singing tactic that linked popular music to personal experience Before microphone, there was a need to project over the orchestra and project to the back of the audience but then crooning is more like speaking more conversational which that microprone helped develop and has Lyrical content reference prominence of romance, privacy, and middle class was a live cause that's what everyone wanted and used first person lyrics

My Blue Heaven

• Music by walter donaldson and lyrics by george whiting published in 1924 and performed by gene austin in 1927
• Blue in the title does relate to the blues genre, which was a new fascination of the time
• It is the best selling record of its era
• Crooners became masters of the electric microphone and know how to use it to their advantage after its introduction in 1925
• It included cello (nod to classical) Included cello (nod to classical) Was wrote in the following form AABA design. Bridge - B section presents different music and rhythmic and rhyme arrangements and is also was to be called a release.
• it also Appeals to deepest aspirations of listening public including Reinforced quiet intimacy and tranquility of the songs melody and lyrics
• Warbling whistle solo

Irving Berlin

Was the the most productive varied of TPA songwriters that Career started before ww1 and into 1960's

More Facts About TPA

Wrote 3-7 songs a week, Was first successful “alexanders ragtime band" and Song that was about a ragtime song, More ragtime than vaudeville but not that ragtime

• Popularized by emma carus in 1911 touring with it included in a show that featured the song
• Briefly referred to as king of ragtime, Not a term he championed himself
• He was the Most prolific and high quality composers of TPA
• How deep is the ocean Was wrote By irving berlin and perfromed by bing crosby
• Verse is short consisting of four phrases, each a question, bing crosby was crooner that was most popular in the style and in Minor key is key to major king

Week 3.1

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• Long verse was written Almost as long as a refrain but are very different in rhythm, but is of the the same key and mode
• Lyrics range in sophistication and Ethel mermans approach is reminiscent of the pre microphone era
• what to makes a song standard? Is that a
• Popular is a song that endures time and stays in circulation and was Pushed from the fact Propelled by how songs created and or wrote a repertoire for jazz artists to learn
• that the Song I got rhythm is a standard

Chapter 5

• Was about what Makes a song become a new standard?
• Targeting specific new audiences
• Up until the the 1920s, the industry was feeding what they thought the public should listen to, so the public got little choice to choice of what they like
• Industry largely ignored race and hillbilly music because music was supposed to inspire middle class well known lifestyle and so working class was ignored and didn't seem as profitable until it guaranteed capital to the companies

More Facts About the Music Industry

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• Race records that perform by AA and sold for AA only and well the hillbilly records which that Were perfromed by white and sold for white
• But this all segregation within sales but was not as cut and dry to to how as to how it looks to the industry though.
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the Classic Blues

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The Father of Blues

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St.Louis Blues

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