Transcript Harlem Renaissance - Princeton High School

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Harlem Renaissance
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 Great Migration influence
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Renaissance – cultural rebirth
Music
Literature
Art
Mixture of traditional “high culture” like art and lit with
folk culture of African Americans
 Used common language
 Familiar rhythm from church hymns
Music
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 Jazz music
 Distinctly African-American
 Brass – trumpets, saxophones
 Big Band
 Louder music – need bigger band
Cotton Club
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Duke Ellington
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Duke
Ellington
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 Jazz composer, conductor, and
performer Ellington would be
among the first to focus on
musical form and composition
in jazz.
 Ellington wrote over 2000 pieces
in his lifetime.
Louis Armstrong
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 Jazz composer and trumpet
player He is widely
recognized as a founding
father of jazz.
 He appeared in 30 films and
averaged 300 concerts per
year, performing for both kids
on the street and heads of
state.
Crash Course: Hughes
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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir0URpI9nKQ
 Stop at 7:15