Modern Contemporary Music

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Modern/ Contemporary Music
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John Phillip Sousa(1854 1932)

• The March King
• Emphasized brass instruments
• The Stars and Stripes Forever.
• The Washington Post

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Aaron Copland (1900 1990)

• Used American forms of music (jazz, folk) in his
  work
• Worked as a film scorer in Hollywood and won a
  Pulitzer Prize for his work on ballets
• Hoe Down from Rodeo
• Appalachian Song

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Igor Stravinsky (1882 1971)

• Seen as the musical counterpoint to Picasso
• Changed his style many times
• The Rite of Spring
• Firebird Suite

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Duke Ellington (1899 1974)

• Jazz musician
• Piano player / Big Band Leader
• Focused on Big Band sound
• It Dont Mean a Thing (If It Aint Got That
  Swing)
• Take the A Train

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George Gershwin

• American composer known for his clever lyrics and
  jazz-style compositions
• Porgy and Bess, first American, English-speaking
  opera
• Rhapsody in Blue

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Folk Music
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WC Handy

• Father of the Blues
• Introduced a new style of music to the world
• Did not invent the blues but brought them to a
  worldwide audience
• 1st blues song Memphis Blues
• Beale Street

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Robert Johnson

• King of the Delta Blues
• Used voice and guitar only
• Dubbed father of rock and roll
• Crossroads

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Jimmie Rogers

• Father of Country Music
• Guitar, voice
• Yodel
• In the Jailhouse Now

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Bill Monroe

• The Father of Bluegrass Music
• High lonesome sound
• Mandolin with bass, guitar, and fiddle
• Blue Moon of Kentucky

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Woody Guthrie

• Noted for his identification with
• the common man
• the poor
• the downtrodden
• Hated fascism and exploitation
• This Land Is Your Land

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Bob Dylan

• Influenced heavily by Woody Guthrie
• Became most popular folk musician since Guthrie,
  but lost folk audience for going electric
• Blowin in the Wind

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Popular Music
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Frank Sinatra/ The Rat Pack

• Big Band Sound
• One lead singer with full orchestral arrangement
• Strangers in the Night

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Hank Williams, Sr.

• The Hillbilly Shakespeare
• Honky Tonk Style
• Hey Good Lookin
• You Cheatin Heart

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Early Rock and Roll

• Electric guitar, stand-up bass, drums, piano,
  saxophone
• Bill Haley and the Comets Rock Around the Clock

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Buddy Holly

• Rock and roll chords (C, G, E)
• 15 1 hits on the Billboard Top 40 in one year
• Peggy Sue

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Elvis Presley

• King of Rock and Roll
• Huge teen idol and heart throb
• Performed older African-American blues songs
• Jailhouse Rock

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The Beatles

• The British Invasion
• I Want to Hold Your Hand
• Experimentation with musical instruments
• Hey, Jude

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Beach Boys

• The California Surf Sound
• Experimentation with musical time signatures,
  music
• Good Vibrations

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James Brown

• The Godfather of Soul
• Soul music
• Funk music
• Papas Got a Brand New Bag

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Motown

• Berry Gordy
• Black sound
• Back-up singers and doo-wop groups
• I Heard it Through the Grapevine

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Johnny Cash

• The Man in Black
• Boom-chick-a-boom sound
• Ring of Fire
• Folsom Prison Blues

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Ray Charles

• Rhythm and blues
• Added gospel sound to rock and roll
• Piano and boogie-woogie sound
• Ive Got a Woman

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Led Zepplin

• Hard rock/ heavy metal
• Volume to 11
• Kashmir
• Stairway To Heaven

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Reggae

• Bob Marley
• Jimmy Cliff
• Kettle drums with basic electric guitar
• Redemption Song

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Singer/ Songwriters

• Blended different genres with intelligent
  songwriting
• Willie Nelson
• Paul Simon
• Bruce Springsteen

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George Jones

• The Possum
• Songs of everyday people and tragic loss
• Experimented with voice and phrasing
• He Stopped Loving Her Today

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Disco

• Infusion of funk, soul and salsa music
• Rhythm guitar with a chicken scratch style
• Shaft, by Isaac Hayes

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Michael Jackson

• Changed pop music into upbeat numbers with
  synthesized beats
• The King of Pop
• Thriller

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Rap

• MC Master of Ceremonies
• A mix of spoken word, sampled melodies, and
  scratching records
• Sugar Hill Gang
• Rappers Delight

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Jazz
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Charlie Parker

• The Yardbird or Bird
• Considered among greatest saxophonists of all
  time
• Helped create bebop

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Louis Armstrong

• Satchmo
• Trumpet player and singer
• Reinvented himself as both Big Band performer,
  pop singer, and jazz trumpeter
• Summertime

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Thelonius Monk

• Pianist who used stride piano techniques along
  with more avant garde approach
• Used the entire keyboard, not just those notes
  in tune
• Round Midnight

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Ella Fitzgerald

• The First Lady of Song
• Three octave range
• Great American Songbook
• Summertime

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Billie Holliday

• Lady Day
• Along with Fitzgerald, considered one of greatest
  jazz voices of all time
• Strange Fruit

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Miles Davis

• Bebop Throttled notes
• Cool jazzImprovisation
• Modal jazz No keys, just notes.
• Jazz fusionSoul, RB, and jazz added with
  electric instrumentation
• Freddie Freeloader

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Herbie Hancock

• Redefined the rhythm section of jazz bands
• Synthesizer innovator
• Rockit