Tin Pan Alley

When one thinks of the Appalachians, one generally thinks of the mountains of the southeastern region of the United States. However the Mountain range itself actually begins in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, extending from there for almost 2,000 miles (3,200 km) to central Alabama in the United States. Thus the region also forms the eastern counterpart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Southern Appalachia alone includes three hundred counties covering most of West Virginia and

Afro-American music has a rich history in the United States and is vital when considering American music in general. There is a disagreement among scholars whether Afro-American music and its distinctive styles have positively affected race relations in the United States. Its history is so large that there is no doubt that there were, and continue to be, both negative and positive effects among the population. It is important to examine the entirety of black music in the U.S. from its African roots

In the 70s and 80s punk music emerged. It was a style that was derived from rock music, and similarly to rock, it defied hierarchies. However, punk rock defied hierarchies in a more extremist level than how rock did it, it promoted anarchy, which means that it was against any type of government (Davies 1-2), Most people can probably recognize the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and the Ramones, as the most popular bands. The Sex Pistols only lasted three years as a band and recorded only one album,

Jens Bowler Amanda Morrill MUSC - 1236 14/11/2016 Louis Armstrong If one was to go out into the street, walked up to a random stranger and asked them if they knew who Louis Armstrong was, chances are that they would be able to answer you correctly. Louis Armstrong (Aug 4th, 1901 - Jul 6th, 1971) was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who became one of the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned many decades, from the 1920s to his death in 1971, and many different

Commercial Recuperation Essentially what Hebdige is saying with his statement is that eventually a subcultures generic trademarks will cross over into the mainstream. This will in tern render the original intentions of subversion diluted pastiches of there former representations. The validity of this statement is interesting in two ways. Firstly are subcultures subversive qualities diluted through popularisation? And secondly and perhaps more importantly in terms

INTRODUCTION The term "King of Jazz" was widely use at Jazz Age. 1920s, James Reese Europe and Paul Whiteman have been labelled as King of Jazz by mass media as they had done something very significant in jazz history. This term, King of Jazz, also allowed them being recognised and discussed a lot by public at that time, their music also being concerned and heard by a lot of people. Although most of the society agreed on them, criticisms still occurred. Those criticisms came from black musicians

During the 1960’s a woman’s role in society was greatly changed through both social and legal means. Women’s rights movements in the United States date back to 1848 at the Seneca Falls Convention, but were greatly ignored after women were granted the right to vote in 1920 by the nineteenth amendment. Many reasons contributed to the reemergence of women’s movements but the most prevalent is the end of World War II in 1945. During World War II, more than three million women of all classes of society

The Culture Industry Made up of economic institutions Adorno’s theories fundamental Commodity Fetishism The culture industry is successful because people fetishize cultural objects Creates false needs, alternative ways of thinking without people realizing People focus on consuming. To own it. We need to have it. Ex. Purchasing a concert ticket Standardization Popular music standardized: 1. Number of types immediately recognizable 2. Small number of structures 3. Small number of

Research Paper: Jazz influence on America Jazz is a genre of music that was first developed by African American within their communities around the late 19th to early 20th century in the United States. Since then, Jazz has gained a lot of respect and grown into a classic. The genre is now well known in music history and has experienced a mass musical development throughout the decades. Jazz was established and evolved alongside such musical categories as blues and popular music, but what changed

After the Second World War, America experienced an economic boom, which has taken the country a step further towards the ideal capitalistic society. In its early developmental stages, the capitalist mode of production prolonged the Marxist discourse on constant class struggle as it was primarily criticized in terms of social inequalities. During post-war years, the initial focus of the discourse has shifted to Frankfurt School criticism of culture industry, where the standardization and commodification