Mcy 537 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

MCY 537 Exam 2 Terms 2023 Update Postmodernism - -Anti-popular, hard to understand -Classical musicians whoa re rejecting the notions of modernism -Modernism Authenticity - -Not inherent by the singer, it is bestowed by the performance -Country -Example: Dolly vs. Rucker -Dolly can have horns, disco groove etc and still be considered country -In N.Y. -Rucker NEEDS country sounding music, mention fiddler etc. to NOT be considered rock etc. -Has the most redneck family featured in...

MCY 537 Test 2 Listening Philomel (total serialism) - Milton Babbitt 1964 Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano, Sonata No 5 - John Cage 1946-48 In C (minimalism) - Terry Riley 1964 Only You (doo wop) - The Platters 1955 Hound Dog (rock n roll) - Willie Mae Thornton, Elvis Presley (2 versions. composed by Leiber and Stoller) Johnny B. Goode (rock and roll) - Chuck Berry 1956 So What (modal jazz) - Miles Davis 1959 Free Jazz (free jazz becomes subgenre) - Ornette Coleman 1960 I Ain...

MCY 537 Test 1 listenings Old Folks at Home (plantation song) - ANSWER-Stephen Foster 1851 Stars and Stripes Forever (march) - ANSWER-Sousa 1896 Maple Leaf Rag (ragtime) - ANSWER-Joplin 1899 (piano roll) The Unanswered Question (tone poem) - ANSWER-Ives 1908/1935 String Quartet 1931 - ANSWER-Ruth Crawford Seeger Embraceable You (vocal jazz, love song) - ANSWER-George and Ira Gershwin 1930 (sung by Nat Cole 1949) West End Blues (early jazz) - ANSWER-Louis Armstrong 1928 Strange Fruit (v...