July 23, Music 1900s Unit 1

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1 Music 1900s-1920 Unit 1

2 Background information The average life expectancy for men in America was 46 years, for women it was 47 years An average worker made $12.78/week for 59 hours of work There were 115 recorded lynchings Police had arrested a woman for smoking in public Part of the Second Industrial revolution

3 Music In the 1900s: Families got together to sing songs > Many song sheets were produced and sold in this decade. A way to listen to music was to pay song pluggers, who carried pianos on their horse draw carriages. Barbershop Quartets sung every Saturday night for audiences. Many Americans purchased Opera recordings. Broadway shows became very popular because it was escaping from the popular opera and European traditions before. Red light district brought "Maple Leaf Rag" and "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin

4 OPERA - BYOD Using your device: Research one of the operas from the video or research a famous opera singer. Write down 10 things you learned new, and write 5 questions for our guest.

5 BROADWAY Irving Berlin and George M. Cohan produced many spectacular shows. Vaudeville songs were preformed. > Vaudeville was a type of entertainment that consisted of acts and performances that were completely unrelated, but were grouped together on a common bill. > One very famous song was, A Bird in a Gilded Cage, recorded by Harry MacDonough. > Also, songs were sung such as Bill Bailey Won t You Please Come Home, that symbolized racial prejudice in the decade. Cohan 1900s NYC Tour "The Little Minister" "Florodora" (From Britain) "The Wizard of Oz" "There's No Business like Show Business" "Little Johnny Jones" a b "45 Minutes from Broadway" "George Washington Jr."

6 BROADWAY Victor Herbert soon competed against Cohan and Irving Berlin "Mlle Modiste" (Kiss me again) "Naughty Marietta" "The Red Mill" "The Merry Widow" (Opera coming back) "Show Boat" "Leave it to Jane" Zeigfield "Follies" "They didn't believe me"

7 BROADWAY Irving Berlin was famous for putting dance music on Broadway! "Watch your step" (Alexander's Ragtime Band) (Play a Simple Melody) & (A pretty girl is like a melody) (I love a piano) "Vanities" - Ed Carroll Cohan "Over There" Ziegfield "Goodbye Broadway, Hello France" "Irene" Edith Day Actor's Equity!

8 Actor's Equity! - BYOD Make your own timeline but only use what you think are the most important items from the source. Timeline Layout: 1900s s s s s s s s s s s s - Now There should be 2 items you found under each date! You need to also write down 2 questions to ask our guest.

9 Dance Waltz was popular in the higher classes. The most popular types of dances were the Jitterbug and ragtime dances. > Some popular ragtime dances included: the cake walk castle walk the One step 1909 to the 1920 s the tango was immensely popular > So was Russian ballet. Anna Pavlova ran her own company during this time, «(she s credited as one of the most famous ballerinas in history.) Anna Pavlova - "Dying Swan" ( Swan Lake) "Dying Swan" (Swan Lake) - TODAY

10 Fashion Fashion in this decade consisted of formal outfits and flashy dresses. Women wore long dresses. > These dresses were made of light materials, like cotton, and adorned with simple decorations. Men were clothed in suits. Ladies were corseted to achieve a fashionable S- curve. Large hats were worn by women and were stylized with flowers, ribbons and/or stuffed birds (if one could afford it.) Men were attired in short hair, curled mustaches. Men wore bow ties for the evening and ascot ties for less formal functions. Blazers and lounge coats were also worn for casual activities. For the most formal occasions only the dark tail coat and trousers would do. Men generally wore stiff bowler hats, but higher class men preferred to adorn themselves in top hats.

11 EPIC HAPPENINGS Pablo Picasso His Paintings

12 EPIC HAPPENINGS The Great Train Robbery St. Louis World's Fair 1912 Olympics

13 GOVERNMENT In America from a president unlike none other was elected, Theodore Roosevelt. He was the youngest president elected at the time and was widely known as a soldier, a hunter, a naturalist, as well as a politician. Theodore Roosevelt won a Nobel Peace Prize and earned himself a Medal of Honor leading the Rough Riders, (when the Spanish American war broke out.)

14 Fads & Slang In the 1900 s fads such as ping pong and speeding existed. Ping pong was mostly played by people who couldn't afford the luxury of lawn tennis. Speeding was a dangerous motoring sport that was popular amongst males. Teddy bears were invented during this decade and they soon became very big. > Both Europe and America claim to have first invented the teddy bear, regardless the product was a huge success. A lot of the slang used in the s is still used today. Here s a list of popular expressions (that I at least) use now a days: I have Butterflies in the stomach It s in the bag He s a bone head She s so naive, it s like she s just off the boat

15 BYOD Using your device: I want you to create a project on a piece of construction paper. > You will pick the following topics: Dances of the Fashion of the Government of the Art of the Fads and Slang of the Films of the Literature of the Broadway of the > After you have picked a topic you will use 3 things you already know and 7 things you researched on your device. > Be creative and work hard - This is your TEST!

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