1930s & 1940s
Music is and always has been influenced by what else is happening in the world. The Great Depression started in America towards the end of 1929 and then spread throughout the world. The effect on music and the music industry was significant. Â
Music is and always has been influenced by what else is happening in the world. The Great Depression started in America towards the end of 1929 and then spread throughout the world. The effect on music and the music industry was significant. Â
Scroll through the slides on the left for an overview of what caused this financial crash.
Scroll through the slides on the left for an overview of what caused this financial crash.
Listen to BOTH YouTube playlists BELOW......Â
Listen to BOTH YouTube playlists BELOW......Â
1930s Playlist
1930s Playlist
1940s Playlist
1940s Playlist
TASK 2 (30-40 mins)
TASK 2 (30-40 mins)
As part of your written exam, you have to be able to identify which decade a piece of music was recorded in. Â
As part of your written exam, you have to be able to identify which decade a piece of music was recorded in. Â
As you listen to the music in each clip from the playlists above, note down on the Google Form below, what features make this music from the 1930s and 1940s identifiable. Â
As you listen to the music in each clip from the playlists above, note down on the Google Form below, what features make this music from the 1930s and 1940s identifiable. Â
Focus on the style of music, the instruments used, how the instruments are played and the recording quality.
Focus on the style of music, the instruments used, how the instruments are played and the recording quality.
The 1940's were dominated by World War II.
The 1940's were dominated by World War II.
European artists and intellectuals fled to the United States from Hitler and the Holocaust, bringing new ideas created in disillusionment.
European artists and intellectuals fled to the United States from Hitler and the Holocaust, bringing new ideas created in disillusionment.
War production pulled the world out of the Great Depression.
War production pulled the world out of the Great Depression.
Women were needed to replace men who had gone off to war, and so the first great exodus of women from the home to the workplace began.
Women were needed to replace men who had gone off to war, and so the first great exodus of women from the home to the workplace began.
Rationing affected the food people ate, the clothes they wore and the toys with which children played.
Rationing affected the food people ate, the clothes they wore and the toys with which children played.
After the war, the men returned, having seen the rest of the world. No longer was the family farm an ideal and no longer would blacks accept lesser status.
After the war, the men returned, having seen the rest of the world. No longer was the family farm an ideal and no longer would blacks accept lesser status.
In America, The GI Bill allowed more men than ever before to get a college education.
In America, The GI Bill allowed more men than ever before to get a college education.
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