MUSC 210 The Impact of Music On Life Creole and Cajun Music and Identity Incorporating place ethnicity class race and gender Same geographical base historical roots and language o Southwest Louisiana and French Creoles Cajun 1600 s French Spanish and African or Afro Caribbean descent living in West Indies Derives from Acadien meaning a person from Acadia Contributed to other well known American musical styles Cajun Cowboys sang a song with the French Hip and Tiyo C song was one of the few means of preserving the special C French Dialect o Cajun Music Center of efforts to revive the culture by a generation that has lost the ability to speak the language o 1st Record 1928 Allons a Lafayette by Joe Falcon o Performed in settings that insured it s close association with Cajun Family and Social Life o Community dances to keep the music alive o Fais dodo Grand ball of Cajun Society requires a full band New Influences Country and western tunes Cajunized Recordings touring musicians festivals radio led to music expansion in other communities o American musical styles to reflect the gradual transition to American Society o Blurring the clear declamation of their words o Emphasized the feeling of loss and longing through the sound of the text New Instruments o Pedal steel guitar and techniques Identifiers Cajun French Fiddle and German Accordion o Music connected the people together but didn t solve any social problems Ethnic Recordings Targeted toward a group united by shared national linguistic racial or religious background Distributed on 78 rpm discs between 1900 1950 Characterized by their small runs of 1 000 copies Undefined by musical content traditional folk classical o Music overlaps a variety of styles including spoken language Race Records o Performed by and for African Americans Singing Ethnicity Race and Class Complicated relationship between the Cajuns and the Creoles Poor Creole blacks and Cajun Whites working together o Cultural Exchange Culinary and linguistic blending Zydeco o Creole music that was influenced by Cajun music but then began to influence Cajun players o African American and Caribbean traditions o Blues rhythm and reggae bass guitar percussion and the saxophone electric guitar o Clifton Chenier King of Zydeco o Core ensemble is the same as Cajun Music Voice fiddle accordion electric guitar and sometimes piano o Distinctive Sound Found instrument of a steel washboard or a rub board C C instruments o Regular part of concert life and dance clubs throughout North America and elsewhere Settler Culture society of immigrant groups Diaspora people who leave their traditional homelands o French Acadian s to Louisiana Acculturation or Assimilation adopting cultural traits or social patterns of another group o When different types of people come together but maintain their individual identity Music Traditions o Can preserve style and language o Reflect New Settings Accordion portable musical instrument with metal reeds blown by bellows played by keys and buttons o Present in both Cajun and Zydeco Music Introduced by Germans Washboard distinct creole sound is from a steel washboard or a rub board o Developed by Clifton Chenier Clifton Chenier King of Zydeco Musical Tradition preserving language and culture Melting Pot After Civil War The Russian National Anthem Political Identity and Music Old Melody New Anthem Controversial Issue o Pros A positive move that allowed Russian citizens to take pride in their past and honor the considerable accomplishments of the Soviet Union o Cons An unprecedented affront to the millions who suffered and died under Stalin and ominous sign of a future return to the authoritarian politics of the Soviet Era 20th Century history of national anthems in Russia Ongoing struggle to determine Russia s national identity Musical Nationalism and National Anthems National anthems index nationhood in a different way o Adhering to musical conventions established by their European predecessors o Ascribe a nationalistic aspect to these pieces because they sound familiarly anthemic Generic references nationalism as a supranational category as a Genus God Save the King Queen o A model for many anthems in Europe and the former colonies o Stately rhythmic tread and smooth melodic movement Most National Anthems participate in a largely European tradition of nationalist cultural products Performance and Affect Anthems usually collectively o Distinguished from other cultural products such as flags and emblems in that they are performed o Used to generate a collective sentiment among the members of the groups who sign them o Produces the heat needed to affect the nation s birth and or constant regeneration through the imaginations of its citizenry o A technology that reveals a world Heideggers Anthems Heat Russia s Anthem o Valued by state authorities o Laws are enacted to regulate their performance o Listen to it while standing men without headgear o Accompanied by the raising of the State flag must turn to face the flag o Prosecution In violation of the law and disrespect expressed toward the anthem o Enforced ritual dimension of anthems elevates them above the level of propaganda o Collective act of imagination that generates and maintains national identity gives them a special cultural status Benedict Anderson o Focuses on the power of collective performance o Unisonance connects people together through imagined sound o Ideological Euphoria The Origin of Unbreakable Union Stalin creation of developing a new national anthem o Acknowledged the utility of creating a strong Soviet national identity o First nationalist national anthem Key concepts of Russian Nationalism o Union freedom free modern and archaic words for fatherland o Narod People folk or nation A Change in lyrics and in Ideology Unbreakable Union After Stalin Mikhalkov new lyrics increased the salience of Lenin Changes can be read as part of the broad effort to erase the mistakes of the Stalinist era from the country s To provide a revised national image in which the lionized persona of Lenin eclipsed the personae of its consciousness present leadership A New Anthem for a New Nation Glinka s Patriotic Song The father of Russian musical nationalism Exhibited the stately rhythmic tread and smooth melodic movement of the anthem as hymn model that produced God Save the King Queen and God Save the Tsar A Life for the Tsar o Regarded as Russia s second national anthem Ratified as the Russian Federation s