Lesson 48 of 84 · Music History
⭐ 30 XP🎻 Music History HallHip-Hop: From the Bronx to the World (Part 2)
Nationalism in music (1800s) drew on folk melodies and dances.
🎯 Your mission
Steal one trick from a master. Use it your way.
⚡ The twist
Every musician you love stole from someone else first.
Listen for this
🎧 Listen for what was new at the time — not what sounds normal today.
Artist Spotlight
🌟 Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, wrote about computers playing music in 1843.
Mind = Blown
🤯 Hip-hop was invented at one party in the Bronx in 1973.
Learn about hip-hop: from the bronx to the world (part 2): identify the influence of world music on western styles
What You'll Learn
Nationalism in music (1800s) drew on folk melodies and dances. Dvorak, Grieg, and Sibelius celebrated their countries' musical identities.
Identify the influence of world music on Western styles
Describe the role of music in film
Notes on the Staff
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Check Your Understanding
Question 1 of 3
What famous work did Beethoven compose while losing his hearing?
Where you hear this in real life
Today's pop hit borrows from 70 years of music history without anyone noticing.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Listen to one song from before your parents were born this week.
For the dinner table
“Tell me about the music you loved when you were my age.”
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