A Changing World: A Culture in Conflict · 2. Began as a Creole creation in New Orleans post-WWI in...
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A Changing World: A Culture in Conflict
Main Idea:
Western
culture
experienced
great
changes in
the years
following
WWI.
A. Radioactivity - Marie Curie:1. Discovered that some atoms release charged particles
B. Theory of Relativity - Albert Einstein:
• 1. challenged Newton’s model of the universe
• 2. the basic overall concept is that both time
and space are relative, not fixed.
C. psychoanalysis - Sigmund Freud:1. Society forces people to repress basic urges, this can
cause mental illness
D. Abstract Art and Surrealism
1. Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory
E. Jazz
1. Flappers
a. young, liberated
women in US and
Europe
b. bobbed hair and
short skirts!
2. Began as a Creole creation in New Orleans post-WWI in Storyville
• Original Dixieland Jass Band
– “Livery Stable Blues”
• Jelly Roll Morton
– “Black Bottom Stomp”
• Louis Armstrong
– “West End Blues” and “Stardust”
• Duke Ellington
– “Take the A Train”
• Count Basie
– “Lil’ Darlin’“
• Billie Holiday
– “Strange Fruit”
• Django Reinhardt– “Minor Swing”
• Benny Goodman– “Sing, Sing, Sing”
• Charlie Christian “
– Glen Miller
• a. The Original Dixieland Jass Band
“Livery Stable Blues”
• b. Jelly Roll Morton “Black Bottom Stomp”
Stomp”
• c. Louis Armstrong
• “West End Blues” and “Stardust”
• d. Duke Ellington
• “Take the A Train”
• e. Count Basie
“Lil Darlin”
• f. Billie Holiday
“Strange Fruit”
• g. Django Reinhardt
“Minor Swing”
• h. Benny Goodman “Sing, Sing, Sing”