Music of the Civil Rights Era: Bob Dylan

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Music has always inspired people to think for themselves and find meanings within deep and confusing lyrics, giving them new perspective. Back during the times when the fight for civil rights was in full swing, music played an even bigger role. Some musicians used personal experience as inspiration for their work; it made their songs more relatable to the listeners and added a bit of personality to the music. The songs they wrote stimulated people to gather together and demand change. The bravery of the artists who spoke out against the way the country was headed allowed them to create these songs and get people together. One artist that was extremely influential in the time of crisis was Bob Dylan. He was born on May 24, 1941 as Robert Allen Zimmerman. When he began to perform in college, he adopted the stage name that he is known for today, Bob Dylan. He got his last name from the poet Dylan Thomas, who was one of his major motivations along with Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie. He wrote songs about real occurrences like his song, “Hurricane” which was about the renowned African American boxer Rubin Carter, who was wrongly accused of murder even though he was all the way across town at the time the murder took place. Throughout his musical career, he was awarded an abundance of awards for his lyrics and song writing that inspired and moved many struggling people all across the troubled country. Another artist who was tremendously influential during this era was Joan Baez. She produced folk music which happened to be very popular during this time period. She is also famous for popularizing the work of Bob Dylan. She was born on January 9, 1941 in Staten Island, New York. She became interested in the folk genre of music two yea... ... middle of paper ... ... soul, emotion, and a yearning for change. Their words and ideas were spread across the U.S. on their concert tours which helped make the movement bigger than it ever could have been without these musicians. Musical artists used their creativity and life experience to weave songs that sewed the African Americans together into one marvelous cloth of equality. Works Cited Demuynck, Julie. "English 102." : Soul Music of the 1960s Influence on Civil Rights-Julie Demuynck. N.p., 17 Mar. 2010. Web. 14 May 2014. "Joan Baez Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 14 May 2014. "James Brown." James Brown. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2014. "Bob Dylan." Bob Dylan. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2014. Ward, Brian. ""People Get Ready": Music and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 May 2014.

In this essay, the author

Explains that soul music ascended from the black experience in america, which makes sense since it came into popularity around the same time of the civil rights movement.
Analyzes julie demuynck's "english 102." : soul music of the 1960s influence on civil rights.
Narrates ward, brian, "people get ready": music and the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s." gilder lehrman institute of american history.

Explains that soul music ascended from the black experience in america, which makes sense since it came into popularity around the same time of the civil rights movement.
Analyzes julie demuynck's "english 102." : soul music of the 1960s influence on civil rights.
Narrates ward, brian, "people get ready": music and the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s." gilder lehrman institute of american history.
Explains that music inspired people to think for themselves and find meanings within deep and confusing lyrics, giving them new perspective.
Explains how the song "say it loud, i'm black and i’m proud" helped propel the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

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analytical essay
...of a roller coaster ride. Fear caused a search for safety and routine that ultimately led to a sense that political beliefs must be the same as mainstream America. Music brought a sense of optimism. A much needed sense of relief.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that there were many societal changes in america post world war ii. the war made it possible for new opportunities and experiences. demonstrations and music portrayed this change nation and worldwide.
- Explains that the civil rights movement started before the end of the war, but it wasn't until post war that opportunities for employment were largely available, even for the minorities, those being blacks and women.
- Explains that in the 1960s, working class wages leveled off and began to decline due to the american overconfidence of the economic recovery in that each generation would be more successful.
- Explains that there were many societal changes in america post world war ii. the war made it possible for new opportunities and experiences. demonstrations and music portrayed this change nation and worldwide.
- Explains that the civil rights movement started before the end of the war, but it wasn't until post war that opportunities for employment were largely available, even for the minorities, those being blacks and women.
- Explains that in the 1960s, working class wages leveled off and began to decline due to the american overconfidence of the economic recovery in that each generation would be more successful.
- Explains that after the war everyone felt the need for family and a sense of security. the birthrate increased exponentially, by more than 10 million in 10 years.
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- Explains that enovid was prescribed in 1960 with approval of the fda that it could be used for problems with menstruation. it was also birth control.
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In this essay, the author
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- Analyzes how essie mae's neighbors' house was burned down shortly after the slaughter of 14-year-old emmit till. though saddened the blacks in the community returned to their jobs with little protest returning to the fields.
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- Explains that rock music originated from gospel music sung on the slave plantations in early mississippi. in anne moody's novel, coming of age in mississippi, we revisit african americans struggling not through slavery, but through the oppression of the civil rights era.
- Analyzes how essie mae's neighbors' house was burned down shortly after the slaughter of 14-year-old emmit till. though saddened the blacks in the community returned to their jobs with little protest returning to the fields.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that the struggle for african american's rights was still a big part of american culture during the 1960s.
- Explains that sam cooke was born on january 22, 1933, in clarksdale, mississippi. he was one of eight children in a poor, religious family.
- Explains that cooke certified himself as a large figure in his local religious community with the teen highway qc's. he was introduced to the soul stirrers when he was nineteen years old.
- Explains that the struggle for african american's rights was still a big part of american culture during the 1960s.
- Explains that sam cooke was born on january 22, 1933, in clarksdale, mississippi. he was one of eight children in a poor, religious family.
- Explains that cooke certified himself as a large figure in his local religious community with the teen highway qc's. he was introduced to the soul stirrers when he was nineteen years old.
- Narrates how cooke's tragic loss of his infant son made it impossible for him to focus on any music until 1964 when he released his song "a change is gonna come".
- Analyzes cooke's optimism for the future, and believes good will eventually conquer evil. like the jews during the holocaust, african americans had very little rights during this period.
- Analyzes how cooke's music and style of play was somewhat of a bridge between the black and white culture.
- Explains that cooke was shot and killed in a los angeles motel just before the song was supposed to be released. the manager claimed that she shot him through the chest in self-defense.
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analytical essay
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that the united states has one of the most interesting and controversial socio-political histories in the world. the political realm has been shaped and re-shaped by various factors such as economic, social and cultural differences among americans.
- Explains that music is one of the artistic tools that have been used by artists to educate or influence residents into voting in or against political candidates.
- Explains that james oppenheim's 'bread and roses' has had influence in the politics of america. caroline kohlsaat contributed to the conception of the music.
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- Analyzes how professor john seery (2011) observes ‘the poem of democracy’ by walt whitman, which illuminates the turbulence during the civil war and the impact it has on mankind.
- Analyzes how films have heavily influenced the political regime in america. the obamacare program was liked more and understood after the films were released.
- Explains that the united states has historically been the home of many talented and influential artists, some of which have often used their art to express their views and beliefs.
- Describes the works of kenneth j. bendas, eileen m. hayes, and colin a. palmer.
- Cites cushman, stephen, scott, ian, bendas, kenneth j, and hayes, eileen m.
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Rosenthal, David. Hard Bop: Jazz and Black Music, 1955-1965. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that kerouac should be taught to teach doctor sax in the beat generation: critical essays.
- Opines that new york stole the idea of modern art: abstract expressionism, freedom, and the cold.
- Explains hunt, tim, and kerouac's crooked road: development of a fiction.
- Opines that kerouac should be taught to teach doctor sax in the beat generation: critical essays.
- Opines that new york stole the idea of modern art: abstract expressionism, freedom, and the cold.
- Explains hunt, tim, and kerouac's crooked road: development of a fiction.
- Cites kerouac's essay "aftermath: the philosophy of the beat generation," which he published in esquire in march 1958.
- Argues that kerouac's "new style for american culture" was the spontaneous prose method, which utilized stylistic strategies drawn from movies, comic strips, pulp fiction, and jazz.
- Opines that it's nothing new to identify kerouac with the technical experiments of parker and pollock, but lacks a concrete demonstration of such technical affinities in his spontaneous prose.
- Describes the style of jazz music that kerouac and his group were listening to in the late forties and early fifties, bebop, which transformed traditional swing melodies into fast, unpredictable, and often radically experimental tunes.
- Analyzes how bebop, much more than swing, embraced the challenge of spontaneous, live improvisation, although many hours of rigorous practice lay behind these often dazzling performances.
- Analyzes how kerouac's writing style is linked to jazz improvisation in his "essentials of spontaneous prose".
- Narrates the horror of the lowell night. they describe how they gulped for fear every time they passed the phosphorescent christ on a black-lacquered cross.
- Analyzes how kerouac's "jewel center of interest" is "the underground rumbling horror of the lowell night." mundane objects in the dark bedroom become ghastly shrouds and ghosts, while religious artifacts assume a nightmarish life.
- Analyzes the connection between spoken language and bop music as suggested by ginsberg in a lecture at the naropa institute. kerouac returned it to speech using rhythms more interesting than existing printed poetry
- Analyzes how kerouac's spontaneous prose, directly influenced by bebop, was not recognized as literature by most of his early reviewers.
- Analyzes how kerouac's desire to represent the creative imagination in action has clear affinities with the abstract expressionists whose work he knew and admired.
- Argues that world war ii must be understood in relation to a cold war ideology that sought to uphold american culture as the proud embodiment of individual freedom and unfettered creativity.
- Analyzes how kerouac was deeply invested in the culturally affirmative mood of the postwar decade.
- Analyzes how kerouac's recording of the creative mind in action, and the accompanying associations of authenticity and life-energy, was the defining element in america’s post-war cultural.
- Analyzes how kerouac, parker, and pollock courageously upheld the integrity of individual vision in a time when self-help book must you conform? topped the bestseller list.
- Opines that it's time to stop endorsing kerouac for "filial and patriotic reasons" and to affirm his creative brilliance as an artist.
- Describes the titles of good blonde and others, and ted berrigan's interview with the paris review.
- Introduces macadams, lewis, and miles to the book, "other: from noun to verb."
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In the 1960's, People Turned to Music for Hope, Peace, and Happiness
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The African-American civil rights movement was a cruel time for the African American race to endure due to the harsh discrimination and segregation that they faced. This movement fought for the rights and the equality of African Americans in the United States. With all that was going on, African Americans turned to music for motivation, courage, inspiration and strength to overcome the difficult obstacles that they would soon face. “Non-violence marchers faced beating, hosing, burning, shooting, or jail with no defense other than their courage and songs” (Hast 45). “It's been a long, a long time coming/ But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will” (Cooke, Sam. A Change Is Gonna Come). Music was their greatest hope for change in the near future and is the thing that kept them fighting for what they deserved. They came together with each other due to the lyrics of many different songs that kept the civil rights movement alive and known. Music painted a vision that they could picture and look forward to; it was a dream that they could fight for. “Music empowered African Americans to hold tight to their dream of racial equality” (Jeske). A genre of music that bought society together during this movement was folk.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that music reflected the political and social changes that america was undergoing during the 1960s and early 1970s.
- Explains that the african-american civil rights movement was a cruel time for the black race to endure due to the harsh discrimination and segregation that they faced.
- Explains that the us entered the war because north vietnam was an ally of the u.s. more than 500,000 troops were sent to vietnam during that war.
- Explains that music reflected the political and social changes that america was undergoing during the 1960s and early 1970s.
- Explains that the african-american civil rights movement was a cruel time for the black race to endure due to the harsh discrimination and segregation that they faced.
- Explains that the us entered the war because north vietnam was an ally of the u.s. more than 500,000 troops were sent to vietnam during that war.
- Explains that music played a major non-violent role during the war. it was mostly used by the protestors to express their opinions on how they opposed the war.
- Explains that edwin starr sang one of the most moving vietnam protest songs, "war." the song was a political statement about the vietnam war and war in general.
- Explains that they used joan baez and sam cooke's "oh freedom" and "a change is gonna come" for the civil rights movement. they also used "war" by edwin starr to talk about the vietnam war.
- Analyzes how joan baez, a famous folk singer, expressed her want and need for equality and freedom for african americans through the lyrics in "oh freedom."
- Analyzes how starr believes that there is no use for war; with war comes pain and suffering rather than peace.
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Glen C. Altschuler's All Shook Up
analytical essay
As rock ‘n’ roll rose it began to also coincide with the civil rights movements. Martin Luther had given his “I Have a Dream Speech”, the supreme court had made a ruling on the Brown v. Board of Education case and the integration of multiple African American students into all white schools was beginning to take place. The growth of rock ‘n’ roll had taken place during this and even became immersed in it. Altschuler did a fabulous job bringing to light just how much music intertwined with the issues at hand. For example, the case of Nat King Cole, a black artist who was avoiding the conflicts and did not wish to be involved but quickly became involved by playing at an all-white event resulting in hatred from his own race. Even Elvis Presley was scrutinized for performing on a “colored night” by whites
In this essay, the author
- Explains glen c. altschuler's interest in american history and popular culture. he is a professor at cornell and author of several books.
- Explains that history can only be seen through textual evidence, while others see it through the many forms of art over the years. music spoke to each generation and connected people to things happening around them.
- Analyzes how altschuler's narrative accounts in all shook up are backed up and argued through the use of primary sources from textual evidence during corresponding time periods.
- Explains glen c. altschuler's interest in american history and popular culture. he is a professor at cornell and author of several books.
- Explains that history can only be seen through textual evidence, while others see it through the many forms of art over the years. music spoke to each generation and connected people to things happening around them.
- Analyzes how altschuler's narrative accounts in all shook up are backed up and argued through the use of primary sources from textual evidence during corresponding time periods.
- Analyzes how altschuler's novel addresses the topic and argument of rock ‘n’ roll, the new genre of music and the cause of a lot of problems.
- Analyzes how altschuler brought to light how much music intertwined with the issues at hand.
- Analyzes how altschuler's novel argues that the music was quickest thing to blame and that teens from the generations past were the exact same.
- Analyzes how altschuler shows the decline in rock ‘n’ roll live performances at the same time record purchases increased at a rapid rate. the increased sales in records brought the importance of radio.
- Analyzes altschuler's discussion with the war on rock ‘n’ roll and how the death of buddy holly and his final album brought forth a number of artists, most famously the beatles.
- Analyzes how glenn ties together all the issues faced from 1940-1960s and how the music during these time periods played a crucial role in evolution of america.
- Analyzes how altschuler's novel gave a new perspective to the history of the 1940s-60s. glenn divided the book by conflicts and different eras instead of combining everything into one dull history novel.
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How Did Music Influence The Civil Rights Movement
analytical essay
‘The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind.’ When we think of the US Civil Rights movement, there are always several pieces of music that come to mind. Music, indeed, has proved its unique magic throughout history. During the US Civil Rights movement, there was a group of people who were not politicians. They made a huge impact and encouraged the process of the civil rights movement using their talent and courage, they were musicians.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that musicians played an important role in the us civil rights movement. they made a huge impact and encouraged the movement using their talent and courage.
- Explains that music is an emotional way to communicate political issues to the public. after the actions of freedom riders, people realized violence was not necessary to make a statement.
- Explains that bob dylan became a symbol of the us civil rights movement after his first protest song 'the death of emmett till' was introduced to the public in 1962.
- Opines that musicians played an important role in the us civil rights movement. they made a huge impact and encouraged the movement using their talent and courage.
- Explains that music is an emotional way to communicate political issues to the public. after the actions of freedom riders, people realized violence was not necessary to make a statement.
- Explains that bob dylan became a symbol of the us civil rights movement after his first protest song 'the death of emmett till' was introduced to the public in 1962.
- Explains that music was used in a similar way in australia in the 1980s. mandawuy yunupingu is an australian indigenous singer who utilized music to promote peace between indigenous and non-indigenous australians
- Analyzes how the lyrics of protest songs tell a story about equality, but there are songs that appeal universally, such as ‘blowin’ in the wind,’ which raises questions without answering them.
- Analyzes how joan baez led a crowd of 300,000 in singing the main anthem of the civil rights movement, ‘we shall overcome.’
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What Is The First Rise Of Rock And Roll
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The First Rise and Death of Rock and Roll in 1955 was a useful marker to help draw a line between the world before rock and roll and everything that follows.This chapter considers the “first wave” of rock and roll, going over the period between 1955 and 1960 during which artists such as Fats Domino, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly established rock and roll as a distinct style o Fan of both country and western music and rhythm and blues, Chuck Berry was one of the first African American rock artists; he incorporated in his music tales of cars and school that applied to most American teens.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the first rise and death of rock and roll in 1955 helped draw a line between the world before rock and roll and everything that followed.
- Explains that the practice of paying disc jockeys to play music on the radio was called "payola". cashbox and billboard both contained sales charts that attempted to predict trends in record and jukebox sales.
- Explains that crossover is when a record or song holds prominent position on more than one of the three types of charts. the baby boom, independent label sector, and transistor radio helped pave the way for rock and roll's success.
- Analyzes how the first rise and death of rock and roll in 1955 helped draw a line between the world before rock and roll and everything that followed.
- Explains that the practice of paying disc jockeys to play music on the radio was called "payola". cashbox and billboard both contained sales charts that attempted to predict trends in record and jukebox sales.
- Explains that crossover is when a record or song holds prominent position on more than one of the three types of charts. the baby boom, independent label sector, and transistor radio helped pave the way for rock and roll's success.
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Research Paper On 1960's Rebellion
explanatory essay
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind."(John F. Kennedy. Brainyquote. Web.) The 1960's was a time of full of change, especially for a typical white conservative. Love, freedom, and the revolution of thinking more liberally (gender identity, race, women, religion/drugs, etc.) was the message invoked by every young American as a form of rebellion to their parents and their country when they realized the sense of lost unification that came along with the Vietnam War. Music was an important contribution to this change, it created as sense of communication from the people to the people who were making these developments in order to make the whole world listen to their message. In addition,
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the 1960's was a time of change, especially for white conservatives. music was an important contribution to this change.
- Explains that the civil rights movement fought for the equal rights of african americans, and helped ban racial, religion, color and sex discrimination against anyone.
- Explains that the 1960's was a time of change, especially for white conservatives. music was an important contribution to this change.
- Explains that the civil rights movement fought for the equal rights of african americans, and helped ban racial, religion, color and sex discrimination against anyone.
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Popular Music: The Goal Of The Civil Rights Movement
explanatory essay
The goal of the civil rights movement was to end racism, promote peace, and to place federal laws stating that all were equal no matter the race. Spiritual, gospel, and folk music played an important role. Musicians and singers collaborated with song activists to distribute their songs through large meetings, and publication. Their songs were made to motivate others while they went on long marches and give confidence to those affected by harassment, bullying, and to pass time. The music usually reflected the themes brought by the civil rights movement. These were usually American protest songs found in popular music. Odetta, born in December of 1930, is most known for her song “Oh Freedom,” which she sang in The March of Washington in 1963.
In this essay, the author
- Explains the goal of the civil rights movement was to end racism, promote peace, and place federal laws stating that all were equal no matter the race.
- Explains the goal of the civil rights movement was to end racism, promote peace, and place federal laws stating that all were equal no matter the race.
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Pete Seeger We Shall Overcome Analysis
argumentative essay
There is no American social movement of the 20th century more closely connected to music than the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 60s. The movement was a national effort made by African Americans and their supporters to eliminate racial segregation and secure citizenship rights specified in the constitution. African Americans wanted and were fighting to have the same rights as white people. They wanted to be able to eat in the same places, use the same buses, use the same restrooms, use the same water fountains, and have the opportunity to vote without taxes and reading tests. Civil rights activists used nonviolent protests
In this essay, the author
- Explains that bob dylan used real experiences and feelings in his songs to inspire and motivate those struggling to push forward.
- Explains that joan baez became interested in folk music two years prior to her family moving to cambridge, massachusetts. she was also famous for popularizing the work of bob dylan.
- Explains that the civil rights movement was founded on soul, emotion, and a yearning for change. through their music, these famous artists spread messages of change across the u.s.
- Explains that bob dylan used real experiences and feelings in his songs to inspire and motivate those struggling to push forward.
- Explains that joan baez became interested in folk music two years prior to her family moving to cambridge, massachusetts. she was also famous for popularizing the work of bob dylan.
- Explains that the civil rights movement was founded on soul, emotion, and a yearning for change. through their music, these famous artists spread messages of change across the u.s.
- Explains how pete seeger's "we shall overcome" became a key anthem of the african-american civil rights movement.
- Analyzes how pete seeger's "we shall overcome" inspired both the short and long term goals of the era and still inspires people today.
- Compares the evolution of popular music themes in the black freedom struggle with the development of the movement itself.
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Bob Dylan And The Vietnam War
analytical essay
As a very prestigious award, the Nobel Prize for Literature holds high expectations for their candidates. The candidacy of such a prize can only given “to those who… shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind” (Allén) and the winner must fit into the rule that “the person shall have produced… the most outstanding work” (Allén). Bob Dylan came from a very humble background, yet has managed to rise to the top with a “career that began in the early 1960s with songs that chronicled social issues like war and civil rights” (Biography.com). Bob Dylan received the Nobel Prize of Literature because his music peacefully protested against the violence of war with its lyrics that include poetic devices such as repetition, similes, paradox and
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the nobel prize for literature holds high expectations for its candidates. bob dylan's music peacefully protested against the violence of war.
- Analyzes bob dylan's "masters of war" as a strong condemnation of the people responsible for the atrocities of war and the deaths and blood that it brings, with particular reference to the vietnam war.
- Analyzes how bob dylan used his musical fame to communicate with his audience the inequity of this world and accomplished this by fitting literary devices to convey his theme.
- Explains that the nobel prize for literature holds high expectations for its candidates. bob dylan's music peacefully protested against the violence of war.
- Analyzes bob dylan's "masters of war" as a strong condemnation of the people responsible for the atrocities of war and the deaths and blood that it brings, with particular reference to the vietnam war.
- Analyzes how bob dylan used his musical fame to communicate with his audience the inequity of this world and accomplished this by fitting literary devices to convey his theme.
- Analyzes how dylan uses imagery of the death of individuals responsible for the war and who are benefiting from it.
- Analyzes how bob dylan opened the minds of may with his songs like "masters of war". he showed the abuse of power in the military during the vietnam war and gave some the will to fight for peace.
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The Role Of Music In The 1950s
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The music in 1950s was always on the path of productive transit. The various styles fused, and crisscrossed and it is difficult to periodize music by cutting time into unjustifiably neat slices. Music in the 1950s became a valid response to modernity as other art forms-fiction, poetry and drama. African Americanist Houston Baker Jr calls it a cultural ‘matrix’ and defined it as a ‘point of ceaseless input and output, a web of intersecting, crisscrossing impulses always in productive transit’ (3). His metaphor is taken jointly from the industrial image of locomotives and the black vernacular form of blues and shows a valid response to modernity. The era sow some of the talented personalities in music which includes: Frank Sinatra, who turned
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- Explains that music in the 1950s was a valid response to modernity as other art forms-fiction, poetry and drama.
- Explains that music in the 1950s was a valid response to modernity as other art forms-fiction, poetry and drama.
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