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Root Music- By the 1930s, the media—radio and recordings—had begun to popularize a new style called "country and western," named after its eastern (Nashville, Tennessee) and southwestern (Texas) roots. This is basically some early country songs. However it was still separate from country.


 * Country had artists like Gene Autry, Roy Rodgers, and Tex Ritter. They were thought of to have played "cowboy" music.

Classical-To anyone in classical music, Los Angeles has a further claim to cultural substance: in the 1930s and 40s, mostly because of Hitler, Los Angeles ended up with the highest concentration of great composers, writers and performers per square mile of any place on the planet, probably at any time. Just think who lived here – Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Otto Klemperer, Bruno Walter, Thomas and Heinrich Mann, Bertolt Brecht, singers like Lotte Lehmann and instrumentalists such as Jascha Heifitz. All of these styles and artists at this time had their own way of expression through sound. Each style can be thought of as a mood or feeling. The music showed how the artist felt and what America was going through. (Sarah)

(Sarah)

Jazz music started being popular in the 1920's, but in the 1930's it really exploded. The two most liked parts of jazz were swing and blues.

Swing was very up beat, cheerful, and new. This gave many people hope in a time where hope was severely needed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2S1I_ien6A

Blues was also popular in the 30's. Blues music is expressive, we can show our emotion through the song. This type of music can be sad as the name sugests,but it can also have hope in it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_sOiE8G_cA (6 minutes in) (Monique)

Sources: http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/hist409/swing.html http://americasmusic.tribecafilminstitute.org/session/view/swing-jazz http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=18724#.UxAeI_ldWSo