Musical

Examples of Musical in the following topics:

• Art and Music

  • Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States.
  • Rock music also drew strongly from other genres such as blues and folk, and was influenced by jazz, classical, and other musical sources.
  • Rock placed more emphasis on musicianship, live performance, and an ideology of authenticity than pop music.
  • While the hippie music scene was born in California, an edgier scene emerged in New York City that put more emphasis on avant-garde and art music.
  • During the 1960s, psychedelic visual arts were often a counterpart to psychedelic rock music.

• Saloon Culture

  • The concert saloon was an American copy of the English music hall, and the forerunner of the variety and vaudeville theater.
  • The concert saloon, an American copy of the English music hall, was the forerunner of the variety and vaudeville theater.
  • Music hall entertainment continued after the war, but became less popular due to the emergence of Jazz, Swing and Big Band musical acts.
  • As modern day variety shows became more and more popular, Music hall entertainment was deemed unfashionable.
  • Many music halls were closed as a result.

• Rock and Roll

  • Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States.
  • Rock music also drew strongly from other genres such as blues and folk, and was influenced by jazz, classical and other musical sources.
  • Rock placed more emphasis on musicianship, live performance, and an ideology of authenticity than pop music.
  • It particularly took off in California's emerging music scene.
  • Rock music of the 1960s also embodied and served as the vehicle for cultural and social movements.

• Minstrel Shows

  • Blackface minstrelsy was the first distinctly American theatrical form, influencing theater and popular music throughout the 19th century and well into the 20th century.
  • In the 1830s and 1840s, it was at the core of a growing American music industry.
  • Early American popular music consisted of sentimental parlor songs and minstrel show music, some such music remaining in rotation to this day.
  • By the middle of the 19th century touring companies had taken minstrel music not only to every part of the United States, but also to the United Kingdom, Western Europe, and even to Africa and Asia.
  • Additionally, Francis Johnson was the first black composer to publish music in 1818.

• Flappers

  • Flappers were the personification of a new spirit in fashion, dance and music in the 1920s.
  • They personified the musical and dance movements emerging from the dance clubs playing Jazz and new versions of old music, which became enormously popular in the 1920s and into the early 1930s.
  • Jazz and other new musical and dance forms exploded onto society in the 1920s.
  • In the flapper period, dance music took parts of various existing musical styles and created a new form.
  • The 1929 musical, Gold Diggers of Broadway, became the highest-grossing film of the decade.

• Counterculture

  • The counterculture lifestyle integrated many of the ideals of the time, including peace, love, harmony, music, and mysticism.
  • Rejection of mainstream culture was best embodied in the new genres of psychedelic rock music, pop-art, and new explorations in spirituality.
  • New forms of musical presentation also played a key role in spreading the counterculture, mainly large outdoor rock festivals.
  • The climactic live statement of this occurred from August 15–18, 1969, with the Woodstock Music Festival held in Bethel, New York.
  • This photo was taken near the Woodstock Music Festival in August, 1969.

• Theatre and Novels

  • For example, rock music was used in several Broadway musicals.
  • This trend began with the musical "Hair," which featured not only rock music, but also nudity and controversial opinions about the Vietnam War, race relations, and other social issues.
  • As the struggle for minorities' civil rights progressed, musical writers were emboldened to write more musicals and operas which aimed to expand mainstream societal tolerance and urged racial harmony.
  • The musical "West Side Story" also spoke a message of racial tolerance.
  • The music of the era was represented by films such as 1970's "Woodstock," a documentary of the music festival of the same name.

• The Jazz Age

  • Jazz music exploded as popular entertainment in the 1920s and brought African-American culture to the white middle class.
  • The Jazz Age was a cultural period and movement that took place in America during the 1920s from which both new styles of music and dance emerged.
  • Largely credited to African-Americans employing new musical techniques with traditional African traditions, Jazz soon expanded to America's white middle class.
  • The music of singer Bessie Smith was immensely popular during the Jazz Age and she both influenced and paved the way for generations of female artists.
  • During the Jazz Age, popular music included current dance songs, novelty songs, and show tunes.

• Pacific Coast Culture

  • Although music varied in function and expression among indigenous tribes, there were cultural similarities.
  • However, regardless of the type of instrument used, music and song were created to accompany ceremonies, dancing, and festivities.
  • The principal function of music in this region was to invoke spirituality.
  • Music was created to honor the Earth, the creator, ancestors, and all other aspects of the supernatural world.
  • Professional musicians existed in some communities, and in some nations, those who made musical errors were punished, usually through shaming.

• Escaping Hard Times

  • The 1930s escapist culture involved inexpensive entertainment such as music, radio and films that diverted attention from life's hardships.
  • As it had for hundreds of years, music continued to enjoy wild popularity as a form of entertainment.
  • In the 1930s, however, it took on added importance as music cost the audience little or nothing and diverted public attention from everyday economic troubles.
  • Americans loved a variety of music genres in the 1930s, with Big band and Jazz music maintain ever-increasing popularity following their explosion onto the national cultural scene in the previous decade.
  • One of the exceptions was Duke Ellington and his big band, who played several types of music from Blues to Gospel to Jazz and more.