An Introduction to America’s Music

CHAPTER 11 | THE BLUES 259 measure: 9 10 11 12 Harmony: VV II Te x t : Cause my baby he done lef’ dis town. The three equal phra ...

260 PART 3 | FROM WORLD WAR I THROUGH WORLD WAR II to produce small numbers of cylinders through the next decade, alongside the ...

CHAPTER 11 | THE BLUES 261 of blues on records, it is often called classic blues. All the well-known clas- sic blues singers wer ...

262 PART 3 | FROM WORLD WAR I THROUGH WORLD WAR II timing section text comments 0:00 strain 1 (A) I hate to see the evening sun ...

CHAPTER 11 | HILLBILLY: THE INVENTION OF COUNTRY MUSIC 263 his melodic line, as in the second phrase of the opening stanza, wher ...

264 PART 3 | FROM WORLD WAR I THROUGH WORLD WAR II CREATING HILLBILLY MUSIC Although hillbilly records were a new phenomenon in ...

CHAPTER 11 | HILLBILLY: THE INVENTION OF COUNTRY MUSIC 265 urban phenomena, however; only in cities, large or small, could theat ...

SPOTLIGHT ON HISTORYSPOTLIGHT ON HISTORY G uglielmo Marconi made the fi rst success- ful radio transmissions in the 1890s, but n ...

CHAPTER 11 | THE BIG BANG IN BRISTOL 267 W hereas ballads, old or new, were generally sung in the impassive, undra- matic tone o ...

268 PART 3 | FROM WORLD WAR I THROUGH WORLD WAR II to A. P.’s brother. As a singing trio, the Carters had been entertain- ing lo ...

CHAPTER 11 | THE BIG BANG IN BRISTOL 269 songwriter: A. P. Carter date: recorded in New York, 1935 performers: Sara Carter, voca ...

270 PART 3 | FROM WORLD WAR I THROUGH WORLD WAR II Mississippi John Hurt. Whether the composer of the gospel hymn, Charles Gabri ...

CHAPTER 11 | THE BIG BANG IN BRISTOL 271 decade he worked a variety of train jobs that carried him throughout the South and Sout ...

272 PART 3 | FROM WORLD WAR I THROUGH WORLD WAR II songwriter: Jimmie Rodgers date: Recorded in Los Angeles, 1930 performer: Jim ...

CHAPTER 11 | THE BIG BANG IN BRISTOL 273 CD 2.7 Listening Guide 11.3 “Blue Yodel no. 8 (Muleskinner Blues)” JIMMIE RODGERS Liste ...

274 PART 3 | FROM WORLD WAR I THROUGH WORLD WAR II a second guitar or a fi ddle, resembling the string band sound. Sometimes he ...

CHAPTER 11 | THE CLASSIC AMERICAN POPULAR SONG 275 Adele. George Gershwin’s concert piece Rhapsody in Blue had pre- miered earli ...

276 PART 3 | FROM WORLD WAR I THROUGH WORLD WAR II spiritual, lend authority to Joe and support his view of the characters’ tria ...

CHAPTER 11 | THE CLASSIC AMERICAN POPULAR SONG 277 Listening Guide 11.4 “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” CD 2.8 JEROME KERN AND OSCAR ...

278 PART 3 | FROM WORLD WAR I THROUGH WORLD WAR II adventure. The demand for love songs on Broadway was great, both in revue and ...