Mus 11b
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- 4 Tools of Ethnomusicology?
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1) belief system
2) social status
3) material culture
4) repertoire / content - Why was status low?
- Traveled a lot and had a bad reputation.
- Describue Russian laws under Nicolas I
- Dictated when, where, and how many musicians could play at functions. A lot of European anti-Semitism.
- What is a Pale of settlement
- Where Jewish people settled
- Jewish musicians were influenced by their surrounding culture. This made them ______?
- eclectic
- Why did Jewish people leave Europe?
- Mass immigration to Ellis Island NY because of anti Semitism in Europe. Immigrated to the "promised land."
- Who invented the first recording equipment? What was it called?
- Thomas Edison, cylinder recording.
- Who invented the flat disk, and had the idea of making a mass market for recordings?
- Emile Berliner
- 2 biggest recording labels? Describe both.
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Victor Label - superior, classical artists, high-end markets.
Columbia Label - recorded ethnic music and attracted the ethnic market. Aimed at new immigrants. - Describe three feelings of immigrants
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loss - loss of identity and culture
survival - how am I going to survive?
acculturation - how do I blend into new society? - What company understood immigrants feelings and gave them a sense of the old country?
- Columbia label
- Who made 175 recordings and made concert tours of cantoral singing?
- Gershom Sirota (1873 - 1943)