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Whereas Big Band/Swing music placed the primary emphasis on the orchestration, post-war/early 1950s era Pop focused on the song's story and/or the emotion being expressed. By the early 1950s, emotional delivery had reached its apex in the miniature psycho-drama songs of writer-singer Johnnie Ray.
Early 1950s music trends Composer John Cage leads a group of New York musicians in the Project for Music for Magnetic Tape, along with Christian Wolff, Earle Brown, Morton Feldman and David Tudor. [9] The Modern Jazz Quartet, led by John Lewis, begins performing, intending to expand the "audience for modern jazz... (and) provide music that ...
During the 1950s European popular music give way to the influence of American forms of music including jazz, swing and traditional pop, mediated through film and records. The significant change of the mid-1950s was the impact of American rock and roll , which provided a new model for performance and recording, based on a youth market.
Colonial era – to the Civil War – During the Civil War – Late 19th century – 1900–1940 – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s This is a timeline of music in the United States . It is divided into several parts.
Latin music imported from Cuba (chachachá, mambo, rumba) and Mexico (ranchera and mariachi) had brief periods of popularity during the 1950s. The earliest popular Latin music in the United States came with rumba in the early 1930s, and was followed by calypso in the mid-40s, mambo in the late 1940s and early 1950s, chachachá and charanga in ...
James Adler (born 1950) Frank Ferko (born 1950) Michael Schelle (born 1950) Curt Cacioppo (born 1951) Craig Russell (born 1951) Roger Bourland (born 1952) Roger Briggs (born 1952) Robert Een (born 1952) Donal Fox (born 1952) John Luther Adams (born 1953) Martin Amlin (born 1953) Daniel Asia (born 1953) David Leisner (born 1953) Roberto Sierra ...
1950 in American music (5 P) 1951 in American music (5 P) 1952 in American music (6 P) ... Early life of Elvis Presley; G. Great American Songbook; J. Fenton ...
The American Institute of Musicology (AIM) is a musicological organization that researches, promotes and produces publications on early music. [1] Founded in 1944 by Armen Carapetyan, the AIM's chief objective is the publication of modern editions of medieval, Renaissance and early Baroque compositions and works of music theory. The breadth and ...