1 Music 3500 Dr. Daniel Jacobson American Music in the 20 th Century WMU General Education • Area I: Fine Arts, 3-4 hours • Area II: Humanities, 3-4 hours • Area III: United States: Cultures & Issues • Area IV: Other Cultures and Civilizations • Area V: Social and Behavioral Sciences • Area VI: Natural Sciences with Laboratory • Area VII: Natural Science and Technology • Area VIII: Health and Well-Being, 2 hours Overview of Course Understanding the history and culture of the United States since 1900 through the study of American Roots Music, Popular Music, and Art-Music “Ragtime to Rap”
WMU General Education• Area I: Fine Arts, 3-4 hours• Area II: Humanities, 3-4 hours• Area III: United States: Cultures & Issues• Area IV: Other Cultures and Civilizations• Area V: Social and Behavioral Sciences• Area VI: Natural Sciences with Laboratory• Area VII: Natural Science and Technology• Area VIII: Health and Well-Being, 2 hours
Overview of Course
Understanding the history and culture of the United States since 1900 through
the study of American Roots Music, Popular Music, and Art-Music
“Ragtime to Rap”
This is an upper-division (3000-level)
General Education course that fulfills
Area III
We will be covering all major types of
American Music from 1900 to 2000
including “Roots Music”, “Popular Music”
and “Art Music”
Welcome to Music 3500, Spring 2017
Intro to the Course
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Syllabus on Website• http://www.wmich.edu/music• Click on �Academics�• Click on �Course Materials�• Click on �Music 3500�• Bookmark it in your browser
Exams & Assignments• 2 major exams
(each with essay and listening IDs) - Midterm Exam (Wed, Feb 22)- Final (Mon, April 24—5pm start• E-Workbook (eLearning):
9 online openbook quizzes • One optional extra credit paper
for accessing the online textbook and workbook (American Music in the 20th Century)Purchase this online from MyCoursePack.com(the order link is on the Syllabus and on the Music 3500 eLearning site)
Make-Up Policy
• Exam make-ups (must contact instructor before the end of the scheduled exam date--either e-mail or phone message) NO MAKE UPS WILL BE GIVEN AFTER RESULTS ARE POSTED ONLINE
Music 3500
Introduction: “The US in 1900”
You are required to purchase a
Music 3500 User License online from
MyCoursePack.com ($18 plus tax)
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
You will be emailed instructions on how
to do that (BroncoMail)
Please note the Exam Make-up Policy.
Also, note that cheating on exams will
be prosecuted to the full extent of
WMU’s Academic Integrity Policy
(see syllabus for specific details)
Information on what the United States
was before the year 1900…
The remainder of this is
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US Expansion (1790)
US Expansion (1800)
US Expansion (1840)
… just 13 states in 1790
…16 states in 1800
…26 states by 1840
(including Michigan)
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US Expansion (1860)
US Expansion (1880)
US Expansion (1900)
…by 1860, there were 33 states,
but 11 seceded from the Union to
start the US Civil War. President
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
just before the war ended in 1865.
Lincoln wanted to unite the country by
supporting the construction of the
US Transcontinental Railroad system.
…by 1880, the US had 38 states
(the Transcontinental Railroad had
been completed in 1869)
virtually coast-to-coast
..by 1900, 7 new states had been added
to make 45 total.
with the transcontinental railroad
American freedom and ingenuity along
allowed the US to trade with both Europe
and Asia now, to surpass China and India
as the world’s biggest economy.
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US Expansion (1912)
US Expansion (1959)
American Cities in 1900• New York (3.5 million) vs 10m today• Chicago (1.7 million) vs 2.7m• Philadelphia (1.2 million) vs 1.5m• Boston (561,000) vs 636,000
San Francisco (342,000) vs 825,000 Detroit (285,000) vs 700,000 Los Angeles (102,000) vs 3.8 million
…by 1912, the US had all 48
“continental” states cast-to coast”
…the final two states—Alaska & Hawaii
were added in 1959 for national security
and natural resources (Alaska for its
proximity to the Soviet Union, and
Hawaii as a US establishment in the
Asian-Pacific region.
In 1900, New York City was the world’s
largest.
Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston were
the next largest US cities then.
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Largest Cities Today• Shanghai (China) 24.2 million• Karachi (Pakistan) 23.5 million• Bejing (China) 21.5 million• Sao Paulo (Brazil) 21.2 million• Dhaka (Bangladesh) 16.9 million• Delhi (India) 16.8 million• Lagos (Nigeria) 16.1 million• Istanbul (Turkey) 14.6 million
U.S. vs World Population clock
New York City…in 1900
Times Square
New York City…today
Times Square
Today, New York City is the 9th largest
city in the world, dwarfed by populations
in China, Pakistan, Brazil, India and
nearby regions
New York City did not have tall
buildings in 1900 (see Times Square
then….)
(vs. Times Square now)
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New York City…in 1900
5th Avenue
New York City…today
5th Avenue
New York City…
Worker on the Empire State Bldg
Same for the New York City
shopping district of 5th Avenue…
<—— Then…
vs. Now
The first massive skyscraper, the
“Empire State Building” was built mostly
by manual labor in a little over one year
in 1931 during the Great Depression
The steel “birdcage” technology used to
construct skyscrapers was devised in
Chicago in the 1880s by William Jenney.
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New York City…in 1930
Workers taking lunch break
New York City…in 1932
View from Empire State Bldg
US Presidents 1900-29
McKinley (1897-1901) T. Roosevelt (1901-09) Taft (1909-13)
Wilson (1913-21) Harding (1921-23) Coolidge (1923-29)
as I said, MANUAL labor by brave
and needy workers during the
Great Depression (these workers were
well-paid for that time—$15/hour)
By 1932, New York City was much more
like we think of it today.
The first phase of our Music 3500 class
will cover the years 1900-29 (before the
Great Depression)
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American Music Categories
• “Roots” Music
• “Popular” Music
• “Classical” Art Music
American Roots Music
• Blues
• Folk music
• Indigenous musics
American Popular Music• Ragtime • Jazz • Pop Songs/Broadway/Film• Rhythm & Blues• Rock and Roll• Country Music• Hip hop
These are the three main musical
categories we will be covering in
- Roots Music
- Popular Music
- Art Music
each era of the 20th century:
Types of “Roots Music”
(see online textbook Chapter 1 for
definition)—note: you need to purchase
a Music 3500 User License to get
access to the textbook readings.
Types of “Popular Music”
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American “Classical” Music
• Band • Orchestral • Ballet Music• Experimental (avant-garde)• Multimedia• Sound Art
THE 6 STYLE PERIODS
• MEDIEVAL c 450-1450• RENAISSANCE c 1450-1600 • BAROQUE c 1600-1750 • CLASSIC c 1750-1820• ROMANTIC c 1820-1890• MODERN c 1890 to now
