AAAD 150 1nd Edition Lecture 14 Outline of Last Lecture I Went over test Outline of Current Lecture II New Negro III 369th NYC IV Harlem Renaissance Jazz Age V Scott Joplin VI Duke Ellington VII Claude McKay VIII East Saint Louis IX Chicago Race Riot Current Lecture I II III New Negro The movement to urban areas many migrations Moved from South to North country to city because they were tired of racial segregation and they wanted a better living and the ability to have access to a better education 369th NYC Most famous regiment in WW1 Most famous for spreading African American music o Band led by James Europe o Played most up to date music jazz o Band that introduced jazz to Europe Harlem Renaissance Jazz Age Based on ragtime blues combinations of both seen as a blend of Jazz Black artistry was discovered Maple Leaf Rag o Most popular ragtime song Piano was a really popular form of entertainment These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute IV V VI VII VIII Scott Joplin African American composer and pianist Created many ragtime songs o Led to new dances 2 step cake walk Received fame from ragtime compositions Taught future ragtime composers Published Maple Leaf Rag Died in mental hospital due to dementia o Death was widely considered to mark the end of ragtime as a mainstream music format and it eventually evolved with other styles into Jazz Duke Ellington Produced music during the Harlem Renaissance Brilliant composer Great influence in the arts Pianist and band leader of jazz orchestras Composed for styles skills for his individual musicians Claude McKay Writer and poet Attracted to communism in his early life but asserted that he never became an official member of the Communist Party Novelist of the Harlem Renaissance Wrote most famous poem If We Must Die o Theme of fighting back summarized the aggressive new attitude of the New Negro East Saint Louis Worst race riot Outbreak of labor and race related riots Caused between 40 200 deaths and extensive property damage Chicago Race Riot African Americans fought back against the mobs Led to city of Chicago to form truce for racial peace Claude McKay o Influenced people to fight back o Determined to be free and have liberty o Famous poem was circulated everywhere o A sonnet Associated with hogs because of Chicago
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