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His 315g 1st Edition Exam # 1 Study GuideKeywords: 8 chosen for the test, you answer 5Audiotopia: Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceA listeners experience when music is used to transport a listener to a different world; using music as more than just a recreational tool for unwinding. Perceptions of music are adapted by each listener and change regarding each listeners experiences. Josh Kun The Weavers: Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceA primarily white musical group popular in the 1950’s who used their music and their popularity to communicate ideals of social change. They were referred to as radically leftist and incorporated sounds of other cultures in their music. They were eventually blacklisted due to associations with un-American ideals and possibly communism. Josh Kun Los Tigres del Norte: Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceA group of undocumented Mexican immigrants in California who used their musicto illustrate their difficulties with obtaining citizenship and identifying with American culture. - “Mis dos Patrias”Josh Kun “Brother Can You Spare a Dime”: Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceSong by Bing Crosby in 1932 when everyone was being hit really hard by the great depression. Song’s lyrics are sad and ‘crooning’ and are reminiscent on better times. Lecture“It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing”: Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceSong by Duke Ellington, also in1932 with a different tone. Ellington’s song was more upbeat than Crosby’s and was ignorant of the troubles of the day. Lyrics are more motivational and escapist ratherthan harping on the bad times. LectureThe Great Migration: Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceA demographic shift from 1915 to 1960 when millions of African Americans migrated from the south to the north. Cosmopolitan, inner-city communities sprang up in Chicago, Detroit and Harlem. As industrialization becomes more prominent, opportunities are more plentiful for blacks in Lewis Erenbergthe north. “The King of Swing”: Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceBenny Goodman was a white clarinetist and band leader in the 1930’s who was named the King of Swing. He was one of the first band leaders at the timeto lead an integrated band. Played swing music for primarily white audiences. Lewis Erenberg Cab Calloway’s “Call of the Jitterbug” (film): Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceCab Calloway was the icon of hip in the late 1930’s and was a prominent band leader of the time. The Call of the Jitterbug was a film made in 1935 that showed Cab Calloway and his band performing swing music and people dancing the jitterbugand other kinds of swing music.Call of the JitterbugBattle of the Bands:Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceThe battle of the Bands was a competition between Chick Webb and Benny Goodman in 1937 hosted at the Savoy in Harlem. Chick Webb won the competition by making the audience more engaged than Goodman could. Norma Miller Harlem Riots (1935 and 1943): Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceSeveral significant riots were started in Harlem due to tensionbetween the police and the Lecturepeople that was fueled by racial tension at the time. Several hundred were injured and a few passed away. Harlem encountered severe damages and took significant effort to rebuild. The Savoy: Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceA dance hall in Harlem that opened in the late 1920’s that fostered the swing movement. The dance hall was one of the first that didn’t facilitate segregation. It was an elegant ballroom that was well decorated and attracted an affluent clientele and some of the most famous swing bands ofthe times. Norma Miller Norma Miller: Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceA dancer in Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers who experienced the swing movement as a dancer in its thriving time (early thirties). She was in school when she developed her passion for swingdance and eventually quit school to follow her dream. Shebegan her dancing career at the Savoy and experienced its growth as one of the most prominent swing joints of its time. Norma Miller Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers: Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceA swing dancing group that grew to popularity in the thirties with dancers from the Savoy under the direction of Herbert White. The group won many swing dance competitions and transformedthe Lindy Hop into an incredibly synchronized and technical dance. Mr. White was highly controlling of his dancers and didn’t allow themmuch autonomy. They swept the awards at the Harvest Moon Ball taking 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Norma Miller The Autobiography of Malcolm X: Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceMalcolm X’s life story told through interviews by Malcolm conducted and transcribed by Alex Haley. Describes his time as a young man in Roxbury through his political maturation to a major figure in black powerorganizations. Gives many first-hand accounts of transgressions of his life that explain a lot about how and why he became the opinionated political activisthe did. Haley and Malcolm XZoot Suit: Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceA style icon of the 1920’s and 30’s that had a very unique image and was very trendy for atime. The pants were very wide at the thighs, high-wasted and Malcolm X and Haleycinched at the ankles. The jackets had very pronounced shoulders and the men usually wore characteristic shoes and hats with the suits. The suits were extravagant in color, material and price. Red Channels: Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceA publication produced in 1950 that pointed fingers at “red fascists and sympathizers” that had been determined as communist supporters. Many ofthe accused communist supporters’ were entertainers and their publications were blacklisted. LectureV-Disks: Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceMusical tracks produced by the US government during WWII toimprove soldier morale. Womenmusicians were featured in these V-Disks since most of the male musicians were drafted. Most of these disks were destroyed after the war since they were purely for soldier morale boost so the musical historical record of this time is sparse. Sherry Tucker Rosie the Riveter: Define Cultural Significance Reading ReferenceRosie the Riveter was a propaganda campaign by the US government during WWII tomotivate


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