How
are you?
This
week's lecture is “Before 1950s”, the 3rd topic of “Blues”, which is a summary of the contents
of “112. Blues: 3. Before 1950s” introduced on November 25th, 2017.
The
first publication of blues sheet music may have been "I Got the
Blues", published in 1908 by New Orleans musician Antonio Maggio. Then, in
1912, Hart Wand's "Dallas Blues" and W.C. Handy's "The Memphis
Blues" were published.
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| W. C. Handy |
In
the 1920s, the blues became a major element of African-American and American
popular music, and it evolved from informal performances in bars to
entertainment in theatres.
Developed
near Memphis, Tennessee in the 1920s and 1930s, the Memphis blues style was
influenced by jug bands. In the late 1930's or early 1940's, many Memphis-based
blues musicians moved to Chicago and became part of the urban blues movement.
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| Sheet music for "The Memphis Blues" |
Urban
blues style was characterized by more systematic and sophisticated, as
performers no longer belonged to their local, immediate community, and had to
adapt to the preferences of a larger and more diverse audience.
Boogie-woogie
was another important style of urban blues in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Although this style is often associated with solo piano, the singer, as a solo
part, also accompanied by bands and small combos.
In
the 1940s, the jump blues style was developed, which grew up from the boogie
woogie wave and was strongly influenced by big band music.
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| Ockbrook Big Band at Pride Park Stadium |
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you.
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