TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lesson 1: American Popular Music in the Nineteenth Century
1. Introduction
2. Blackface Minstrelsy
3. Sheet Music
4. Sheet Music (cont.)
5. Conclusion
6. Assessment
Lesson 2: Tin Pan Alley and Ragtime
1. Introduction
2. Tin Pan Alley
3. Tin Pan Alley Promotional Techniques
4. The Music of Tin Pan Alley
5. Tin Pan Alley Song Types
6. Ragtime
7. Ragtime and Tin Pan Alley
8. Conclusion
9. Assessment
Lesson 3: Rural Blues and Urban Blues
1. Introduction
2. Musical and Poetic Form of the 12-Bar Blues
3. Rural Blues
4. Urban Blues
5. Boogie Woogie
6. Commercial or Arranged Blues
7. Conclusion
8.Assessment
Lesson 4: New Orleans Jazz
1. New Orleans: The Birthplace of Jazz
2. Musical Components of New Orleans Jazz
3. Key Figures in New Orleans Jazz
4. New Orleans on the Move
5. Recording Jazz
6.Conclusion
7.Assessment
Lesson 5: Swing and Big Bands
1. Introduction
2. Music Consumption in the Swing Era
3. Society Syncopators
4. Big Bands
5. White Swing Bandleaders
6. Kansas City Swing
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Lesson 6: Broadway and the Development of the American Musical
1. Introduction
2. From Tin Pan Alley to Broadway Musical
3. The Composers of Broadway
4. The Age of Great Standards
5. Conclusion
6. Assessment
Lesson 7: Hillbilly and Country and Western Music
1. Introduction
2. The Earliest Country Music
3. The Earliest Country Music (cont.)
4. Marketing and Consuming Hillbilly Music
5. The Rise of Country and Western Music
6. The Rise of Country and Western Music (cont.)
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Written Assignment #1Lesson 8: Traditional Pop in the 1940s and 1950s
1. Introduction
2. Louis Armstrong
3. Frank Sinatra
4. Rosemary Clooney
5. Tony Bennett
6. Perry Como
7. Doris Day
8. Patti Page
9. The Boswell Sisters
10. The Andrews Sisters
11. The Golden Gate Quartet
12. The Ink Spots
13. The Hit Parade
14. Conclusion
15. Assessment
Lesson 9: Doo-Wop and Rhythm and Blues
1. Introduction
2. Gospel Music
3. Vocal Harmony Groups
4. Early Rhythm and Blues
5. From Gospel to Rhythm and Blues
6. Rhythm and Blues Crosses Over
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Lesson 10: Early Rock and Roll
1. Introduction
2. New Technologies and Means of Consumption
3. Alan Freed
4. Cover Versions
5. Elvis’s Cover Versions
6. Sam Phillips and Sun Records
7. Colonel Tom Parker and Presley at RCA-Victor
8.Conclusion
9.Assessment
Lesson 11: Rockabilly
1. Introduction
2. Rockabilly
3. Jerry Lee Lewis
4. Johnny Cash
5. Other Rockabilly Stars
6. Buddy Holly and the Crickets
7. The Day the Music Died
8. Conclusion
9. Assessment
Lesson 12: Teen-Styled Rock Music in the Early 1960s
1. Introduction
2. Payola
3. American Bandstand
4. The Teen Idol
5. Brill Building
6. Conclusion
7. Assessment
Lesson 13: The Record Producer and the Rise of Surf Rock
1. Introduction
2. The Rise of the Producer
3. Phil Spector
4. Girl Groups
5. Surf Rock
6. Conclusion
7. Assessment
Written Assignment #2Lesson 14: Soul
1. Introduction
2. The African American Presence in Pop
3. Motown 1
4. Motown 2
5. Motown 3
6. Atlantic and Stax
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Lesson 15: The British Invasion
1. Introduction
2. Rock and Roll in the United Kingdom
3. Becoming the Beatles
4. Becoming the Beatles (cont.)
5. Beatlemania
6. The Music of the Beatles
7.From Songs to Recordings
8. Making the Rolling Stones
9. Jagger and Richards as Songwriters
10. Breaking into the United States
11. The Rolling Stones’ Music
12. Conclusion
13. Assessment
Lesson 16: American Reactions to the British Invasion
1. Introduction
2. Garage Bands
3. Rock on TV
4. Rock Made for TV (cont.)
5. Conclusion
6. Assessment
Lesson 17: Bluegrass
1. Introduction
2. The Roots of Bluegrass
3. Bill Monroe and the Birth of Bluegrass
4. Bill Monroe and the Birth of Bluegrass (cont.)
5. Bluegrass Takes Off
6. Bluegrass and the Folk Music Revival
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Lesson 18: Folk and Folk Rock
1. Introduction
2. Folk Music Before the 1960s
3. Authentic vs. Commercial
4. Bob Dylan
5. Bob Dylan (cont.)
6. The Rise of Folk Rock
7. Dylan’s Influence During the 1960s
8. Conclusion
9. Assessment
Lesson 19: Psychedelic Rock
1. Introduction
2. Toward a Higher Consciousness
3. The Ambitious Single
4. The Ambitious Single (cont.)
5. Psychedelic Rock
6. Psychedelic Rock (cont.)
7. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair
8. Conclusion
9. Assessment
Lesson 20: Midterm Exam
1. Midterm Exam
Lesson 21: Country Rock and Southern Rock
1. Introduction
2. Country Rock
3. Country Rock (cont.)
4. Southern Rock 1
5. Southern Rock 2
6. Southern Rock 3
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Lesson 22: From Soul to Funk
1. Introduction
2. Music and the Civil Rights Movement
3. James Brown
4. James Brown (cont.)
5. James Brown’s Band
6. Other Spokespeople for Black Power
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Lesson 23: Funk
1. Introduction
2. The Language of Funk
3. Sly and the Family Stone
4. Sly and the Family Stone (cont.)
5. George Clinton and P-Funk
6. George Clinton and P-Funk (cont.)
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Lesson 24: Country Music Goes Mainstream
1. Introduction
2. Country Music on Television
3. Honky-Tonk Returns
4. Honky-Tonk Returns (cont.)
5. Women in Country Music
6. The Outlaws of Country Music
7. The Outlaws of Country Music (cont.)
8. Conclusion
9. Assessment
Lesson 25: Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
1. Introduction
2. Hard Rock: Early Examples
3. Hard Rock: Early Examples
4. Hard Rock: Early Examples
5. Led Zeppelin (cont.)
6. Led Zeppelin’s Influence
7. Heavy Metal’s Musical Style
8. British Heavy Metal
9. American Heavy Metal
10. Conclusion
11. Assessment
Lesson 26: Disco
1. Introduction
2. Predecessors and Roots of Disco
3. The Music and Technology of Disco
4. The Music and Technology of Disco (cont.)
5. Disco Enters the Mainstream
6. Disco Enters the Mainstream (cont.)
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Lesson 27: Punk Rock and the New Wave
1. Introduction
2. The Roots of Punk: The Velvet Underground
3. New York Punk
4. The Musical Language of New Wave
5. New Wave at CBGB
6. New Wave Looks Backward
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Written Assignment #3Lesson 28: Detroit Techno
1. Introduction
2. The Technology of Techno
3. Roots of Techno
4. Chicago House Music
5. Detroit Techno 1
6. Detroit Techno 2
7. Detroit Techno 3
8. Conclusion
9. Assessment
Lesson 29: MTV
1. Introduction
2. The Invention of MTV
3. A Second British Invasion?
4. A Second British Invasion? (cont.)
5. Race and MTV: The Case of Michael Jackson
6. Race and MTV: The Case of Michael Jackson (cont.)
7. Sex, Feminism, and MTV: The Case of Madonna
8. Conclusion
9. Assessment
Lesson 30: Heavy Metal in the 1980s
1. Introduction
2. The Second Generation of British Heavy Metal
3. The Second Generation of British Heavy Metal (cont.)
4. American Heavy Metal
5. American Heavy Metal (cont.)
6. Hair Metal
7. Trash Metal
8. Conclusion
9. Assessment
Lesson 31: Hip-Hop’s Roots and Origins
1. Introduction
2. The Roots of Hip-Hop
3. The Roots of Hip-Hop (cont.)
4. Early Commercial Hip-Hop
5. Hip-Hop Goes Mainstream
6. Hip-Hop Goes Mainstream (cont.)
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Lesson 32: Hip-Hop Comes of Age
1. Introduction
2. Political Hip-Hop
3. Sample Based Hip-Hop
4. Sample Based Hip-Hop (cont.)
5. Gangsta Rap
6. Pop Rap
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Lesson 33: The Rise of Alternative Rock
1. Introduction
2. The Rise of Alternative Rock
3. Grunge Rock
4. Grunge Rock (cont.)
5. Riot Grrrls
6. Jam Bands
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Lesson 34: Alternative and Metal in the 1990s
1. Introduction
2. Listening to Music in the 1990s
3. Britpop
4. Industrial
5. Industrial (cont.)
6. Pop Punk
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Lesson 35: Hip-Hop in the 1990s
1. Introduction
2. Dr. Dre and the West Coast Style
3. Dr. Dre and the West Coast Style (cont.)
4. East Coast Hip-Hop
5. East Coast vs. West Coast 1
6. East Coast vs. West Coast 2
7. East Coast vs. West Coast 3
8. Conclusion
9. Assessment
Lesson 36: Hybrids and Genres Without Definition
1. Introduction
2. Rap Meets Rock 1
3. Rap Meets Rock 2
4. Rap Meets Rock 3
5. Everything but the Kitchen Sink
6. Everything but the Kitchen Sink (cont.)
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Lesson 37: County Music in the 1980s and 1990s
1. Introduction
2. SoundScan
3. New Country, Old Country
4. New Country, Old Country (cont.)
5. Garth Brooks
6. Garth Brooks (cont.)
7. 1990s Country Superstars
8. 1990s Country Superstars (cont.)
9. Conclusion
10. Assessment
Lesson 38: Popular Music and Controversy After 9/11
1. Introduction
2. The Post-9/11 Clear Channel Memorandum
3. The Post-9/11 Clear Channel Memorandum (cont.)
4. Country Musicians React to 9/11
5. The Dixie Chicks’ Response
6. The Dixie Chicks’ Response (cont.)
7. Conclusion
8. Assessment
Lesson 39: Music Creation and Distribution in the 21st Century
1. Introduction
2. American Idol
3. American Idol (cont.)
4. YouTube
5. Streaming Audio
6. The Mash-Up
7. The Mash-Up (cont.)
8. Conclusion
9. Assessment
Lesson 40: Conjunto Music
1. Introduction
2. Conjunto
3. The Accordion
4. The Accordion (cont.)
5. Corrido
6. Corrido (cont.)
7. Ranchera
8. Lydia Mendoza
9. 1950s Conjunto and Valerio Longoria
10. El Conjunto Bernal
11. Conclusion
12. Assessment
Lesson 41: Mexican American Popular Music
1. 1950s and 60s: Joining the Mainstream
2. 1960s and 70s: La Onda Chicana
3. Little Joe
4. Jimmy Gonzalez y Mazz and David Lee Garza y los Musicales
5. Patsy Torres
6. East Los Angeles Rock: Los Lobos
7. East Los Angeles Rock: Los Lobos (cont.)
8. Linda Rondstadt: Mariachi
9. Mariachi Vargas and Mexican Mariachi
10. Traje de Charro
11. Son jalisciense (Song from Jalisco)
12. 1990s: Latino PrideTraje de Charro
13. Selena
14. Conclusion
15. Assessment
Lesson 42: Final Exam
1. Final Exam
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