Monday, January 30, 2012

30 January

Start of class: "Absolutely Still" by Better Than Ezra from Paper Empire (2010)



Example of concert band: "Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa and his Orchestra from Sousa's Band Historical Recordings (2003, recorded 1913)



Example of concert band: "Stars and Stripes Forever" by Gunther Schuller and the Incredible Columbia All-Star Band from Footlifters: A Century of American Marches (2005)



Example of ragtime: "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin from Classical Treasures: Maple Leaf Rag (2003)



Early Tin Pan Alley: "After the Ball" composed by Charles K. Harris (1892), performed by Joan Morris and William Bolcom from After the Ball and Other Highlights from Vaudeville (1974)



Example of acoustic recording: "St. Louis Blues" by Bessie Smith (Louis Armstrong, cornet) (1925)



Example of electric recording: "West End Blues" by Louis Armstrong's Hot Five (1928)



End of class: "Esta Noche" by the Twilight Singers from Live in New York (2011)

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