MUSIC REVIEWER

Popular Music

-wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry

-can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no music training

Elvis Presley

- “King of rock and roll”

-performance style was electrified

-voice is rich and wide-ranging baritone with energetic dance skills

Famous Songs:

 Love me tender
 Hound dog
 Heartbreak hotel
 Jailhouse rock

The Beatles

-a British rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960

Members:

 John Lennon
 Paul McCartney
 George Harrison
 Ringo Starr

-they are all song writers

-performed variety of music styles like RnB, gospel, country blues, novelty, and Broadway Music

-also adapts Indian raga and baroque instrumental styles

Famous Songs:

 Yesterday
 Let it be
 Yellow Submarine
 Hey Jude

GENRE OF POPULAR MUSIC

 Ballad
-derive from the medieval French chanson ballade, which were originally “dance songs”
-traditional folk music performed by soloist that expresses a tale in a strophic form
-transferred from one generation to another by oral performances rather than written works
  Rhythm and Blues (RnB)
-black popular music of the 1950’s
-combination of different popular music genre’s like Jazz, gospel, and blues
-quadruple meter with danceable speed
 Rock and Roll
-popular style evolved in the 1950’s from a combination of rhythm and blues and country
western music characteristics
-famous performers of rock and roll were Ray Charles and James Brown
 Disco
-type of popular music in the 1970’s and is distinguished form of dance music
-name is derived from French word “discotheques”, which means a type of dance-oriented night
club that first appeared in 1960’s
 Rap
-spoken word delivered quickly in rhymed verses
-rock music that evolved in the 1970’s
-accompanied by hip hop music
 Broadway Music
-counter part of opera
-the earliest Broadway musicals are written by Americans

Lyricist

- Oscar Hammerstein (July 12, 1895-August 23, 1960)

Composer

- Richard Rodger

 Jazz
-music genre that originated in the African American communities of New Orleans, United
States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime

Jazz Music

-was developed in America and was predominantly created by the black American Musicians

-has lived lively and energetic characteristics

-performances vary based on traditions and functions

-musicians performed in the streets, bars, and dance halls of New Orleans and other Southern cities

-considered music as for dancing, because intended for listening

Components:

1. Improvisation
-defined as the spontaneous performance of music without previous presentation or any written
notes