Listening Assignments: These songs will be on your first examination.
CD I
7. Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra: "Whispering"
8. Count Basie and His Orchestra: "Jumpin' at the Woodside"
9. Chuck Berry: "Nadine"
10. Chic: "Good Times"
27. Stephen Foster: "Oh! Susanna"
13. Ritchie Valens: "La Bamba"
14. Bellini: "Casta Diva"
15. Henry Russell: "Woodman Spare That Tree"
16. Stephen Foster: "Beautiful Dreamer"
17. Ben Jarrell: "Old Joe Clark"
19. W. McTell: "Travelin' Blues"
26. Dan Emmett: "De Boatman's Dance"
28. Stephen Foster: "Old Folks at Home"
29. H.C. Work: "Grandfather's Clock"
30. Charles Harris: "After the Ball"
31. "De Golden Wedding"
33. Cohan: "Yankee Doodle Boy"
34. J.P. Sousa: "Stars and Stripes Forever"
35. S. Joplin: "Maple Leaf Rag"
37. Johnson-Johnson-Cole: "Under the Bamboo Tree"
39. R. Johnson: "Hellhound on My Trail"
CD II
1. W.C. Handy: "St. Louis Blues" (Bessie Smith)
1st Homework Assignment:
Listen to four pieces from four different genres and describe how the artist used these elements. Two of these pieces must come from a web site. If you have never looked on the web for music try going to http://www.iuma.com/. Write about each piece discussing what we went over in class. For the two website pieces you must provide URLs. Homework (2pts)
2nd Homework Assignment:
This is just a reminder that the 2nd assignment was an in-class listening assignment.
THESE TWO ASSIGNMENTS ARE NOT DUE!
http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/07/06/jazz/index.html Visit this URL and write a one page response concerning the problems facing jazz and classical music surviving in the current popular music market. The name of the article is They don't buy it by Eric Boehlert.
Assignment: You can find this article on Howard Becker's Web Page accessible from my Links page.
Be prepared to discuss this article.
American Popular Song
Howard S. Becker
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