1. During the 1920s and 1930s - give a brief (2 sentences) historical outline of what was happening in the world.
During the 1920s, organised crime considerably rose and there was prohibition of liquor in the United States. Jazz Age emerged and the Stock Market crashed in 1929 causing the Great Depression.
2. How did this affect the music in the 1930s.
Men and women struggled to survive during the Great Depression and had no money to spend on record albums and dance clubs. Jazz emerged and people loved dancing to it. The new music made the Great Depression more bearable.
3. What was the significance of the Blues during the 1930's.
The Blues reminded them of their past struggles and expresses solidarity and faith in the future.
4. Comment on the Rhythm of both pieces. Brother Can You Spare a Dime The rhythm changes constantly throughout the whole song. It's syncopated and swung. Putting on the Ritz
On the second piece, the rhythm was much faster than the first piece. The rhythm was fairly constant on the first part of the song and turned into a swing on the second (instrumental) part of the song.
5. Comment on the orchestration of both pieces
The orchestration of "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" accompanied the singer to a great extent. The violins sang along the singer during sad moments and the brass instruments accompanied the singer on exciting moments. On the second piece, the brass instruments played a big role in mashing up the jazzy music. It sounds as if the instruments played their own individual parts uncooperatively and then mixed up together.
6. Comment of the Dynamics of both pieces.
The dynamics on the first piece was genuinely confusing. The singer was talking while singing but the dynamics portrayed his different feelings in the song. The second piece consists of accents and the dynamics doesn't vary considerably much. The second song in the second piece was filled with fortes and some mezzo fortes.
7. Comment on the main difference of music of the 1910s and the music of the 1930s.
Music in the 1910s are very organised in rhythms and varied in dynamics while music of the 1930s was played freely without any concern of consistent tempo or dynamics.
During the 1920s, organised crime considerably rose and there was prohibition of liquor in the United States. Jazz Age emerged and the Stock Market crashed in 1929 causing the Great Depression.
2. How did this affect the music in the 1930s.
Men and women struggled to survive during the Great Depression and had no money to spend on record albums and dance clubs. Jazz emerged and people loved dancing to it. The new music made the Great Depression more bearable.
3. What was the significance of the Blues during the 1930's.
The Blues reminded them of their past struggles and expresses solidarity and faith in the future.
4. Comment on the Rhythm of both pieces.
Brother Can You Spare a Dime
The rhythm changes constantly throughout the whole song. It's syncopated and swung.
Putting on the Ritz
On the second piece, the rhythm was much faster than the first piece. The rhythm was fairly constant on the first part of the song and turned into a swing on the second (instrumental) part of the song.
5. Comment on the orchestration of both pieces
The orchestration of "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" accompanied the singer to a great extent. The violins sang along the singer during sad moments and the brass instruments accompanied the singer on exciting moments. On the second piece, the brass instruments played a big role in mashing up the jazzy music. It sounds as if the instruments played their own individual parts uncooperatively and then mixed up together.
6. Comment of the Dynamics of both pieces.
The dynamics on the first piece was genuinely confusing. The singer was talking while singing but the dynamics portrayed his different feelings in the song. The second piece consists of accents and the dynamics doesn't vary considerably much. The second song in the second piece was filled with fortes and some mezzo fortes.
7. Comment on the main difference of music of the 1910s and the music of the 1930s.
Music in the 1910s are very organised in rhythms and varied in dynamics while music of the 1930s was played freely without any concern of consistent tempo or dynamics.