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Folk Idioms

In the most basic sense, Folk Idioms are variations on traditional folk music that have been passed down through the generations in any given area. Folk Idioms retain ancient values, but also express new and more modern ones. This blend separates the Folk Idiom from the Professional Idiom, which focuses on new and modern values, and the Tribal Idiom, which is more concerned with those from ancient times.

Folk music has no nameable origin. It’s more tradition than entertainment. There are folk songs that date so far back, they can be considered oral histories.

From its origins, folk music has been the music of the working class. It is community-focused and has rarely enjoyed commercial success. By definition, it is something anyone can understand and in which everyone is welcome to participate. Folk songs range in subject matter from war, work, civil rights, and economic hardship to nonsense, satire and, of course, love songs.

The 20th Century brought folk music back into the American psyche as workers struggled and struck for child labor laws and the eight-hour work day. Workers and folksingers gathered in churches, living rooms and union halls, and learned songs that helped them cope with their rough work environment. Joe Hill was an early folk songwriter and union agitator. His songs adapted the tunes of Baptist hymns by replacing the words with verses about the ongoing labor struggles. These tunes have been sung during worker strikes and in union halls ever since.

In the 1930s, folk music enjoyed a resurgence as the stock market crashed and workers everywhere were displaced, scrambling for jobs. A series of droughts and dust storms encouraged farmers out of the Dust Bowl region and toward promises in California and New York State. These communities were found in boxcars and jungle camps, as workers tried to make their way from job to job.

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Pleasing the Audience

Though we can certainly delve into the philosophical meanings behind pieces of music, capitalism and the economy of the United States are driven by the marketplace - the selling and buying of goods and services. The same is true for music. Composers write to please audiences in order to sell tickets and CDs, gain popularity, and, in general, make a profit. If the audience is bored by a performance or a musical number, tickets and CDs will not sell and popularity will plummet. The composer or performer may then find themself in debt because the costs of performance and recording were not compensated for by an adequate amount of sales.

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Books

Gioia, Ted. The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2012. Print.

Seeger, Charles. Studies in Musicology 1935-1975. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. Print.

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http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/20th-century-music/

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A timeline of music events during the 20th century.

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1900-present

With the coming of the 20th century another evolution in the musical world emerged. While some of the early 20th century music can be seen as extensions of the late Romantic style, much of 20th century music can be seen as a rebellion. Composers did not look to build on what was standard but again created music freely and used sounds that went against the current grain. Twentieth century music can be described as being more refined, vague in form, delicate, and having a mysterious atmosphere.

Twentieth century music is an era that is hard to define in terms of musical style. The only easy way to define 20th century music is that it does not fit into the Romantic era's requirements. And because of its own expression and orchestral technique it does not fit into any other category but its own.

This time period spawned many new terms for musical styles because of the diversity of music that was being written.

As was true in the Romantic era, nationalism was still an important musical device used during the first half of the 20th century. Composers utilized folk songs to enriched their music. Examples can be seen in the music of Raplh Vaughan Williams (England), Bela Bartok (Hungary), Heitor Villa Lobos (Brazil) and Aaron Copland (USA). Jazz and popular musical styles influenced composers from both the United States and Europe.

In 20th century musical styles traditional forms and structures were broken up and recreated or composed using non-Western musical techniques and abstract ideas. Technology also became an extremely important factor in the music making during this time period. Composers have been known to use recording tape as a compositional tool. Electronically created sounds are used in combination with other electronic sounds or played together with traditional music instruments. Most recently, the use of computer technology has affected the world of music making. Some ways in which computers currently alter the face of the music world are by manipulating the performance of instruments in real time.

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World Happenings

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Events that Impacted Music

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Musical Attributes

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Pitch, Harmony, Melody, and Rhythm

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Popular Genres

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