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MUS 107 –Midterm Review Sheet

Fall 2013

This exam will cover Chapter’s 5-8. This review sheet is not exhaustive. Be sure to review reading assignments, lecture notes and chapter powerpoints on moodle.

· For each era, know the important cultural/political issues that are occurring at the time (for example,

The Great Migration

, The Great Depression, WWII)

· Be able to define terms and understand their relevance in the context of the music and musical changes that have been discussed.

· For musical styles/genres – Know how the styles develop and who the representative performers are.

· For composers/performers – Know brief biographical information, which style were they representative of, why they were influential and which of their songs were important and why.

Chapter 5 –

Race Records

and Hillbilly Music 1920’s and 1930’s

Race Records
The Great Migration

Classic Blues

Bessie Smith

WC Handy

AAB Text

12 bar blues

Country Blues

Charley Patton

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Robert Johnson

Hillbilly Records

Ralph Peer

The Carter Family

Mother Maybelle Carter

Carter Scratch Guitar Style

Jimmy Rogers

1920’s Radio

Grand Ole Opry

Blue Yodel

Cross Roads Blues

“Empress of the Blues”

“Father of the Blues”

Chapter 6

Swing Era

1935-1945

Swing Era

Swing Music

Savoy Ballroom

The Lindy Hop

The Cotton Club

Apple Theatre

Harlem

Fletcher Henderson

Don Redman

Big Band

Benny Goodman

John Hammond

Count Basie

Kansas City Swing Style

Boogie-Woogie Piano style

Duke Ellington

Glenn Miller

Jungle Music

Western Swing

Bob Willis and hid Texas Playboys

“King of Swing”

“Birth of Swing”

Chapter 7 Post War Popular Music 1945-54

Magnetic Tape

Les Paul

Overdubbing

78’s, 45’s and 33 1/3’s

FM Broadcasts (important dates)

Variety Shows

Frank Sinatra

Bel Canto technique

Paramount Theatre 1942

Nat King Cole

Rhythm and Blues (R&B)

Payola

Jump Blues

Urban Blues

Louis Jordan

Muddy Waters

Distortion

Feedback

Doo-Wop

The Dominoes

Ruth Brown

Big Mama Thornton

Bluegrass

Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys

Honky-Tonk

Kitty Wells

Hank Williams

“Miss Rhythm”

Chapter 8 – Rock n Roll 1954-1959

Teen Culture

Allan Freed

Moondog Show

Cover versions

Big Joe Turner

Bill Haley and the Comets

Chuck Berry

Little Richard

Fats Domino

Elvis Presley

Buddy Holly and the Crickets

Wanda Jackson

Brenda Lee

“Rock around the Clock”
The Jordanaires

Tom Parker

Sam Phillips

“Queen of Rockabilly”

“Little Miss Dynamite”

Sun Records