Lesson 70 of 84 · Music History
⭐ 30 XP🎻 Music History HallRomantic Expression: Chopin and Tchaikovsky (Part 3)
Louis Armstrong revolutionized jazz with his trumpet playing and gravelly singing.
🎯 Your mission
Listen with your eyes closed. Then open them and read about it.
⚡ The twist
Old doesn't mean boring. Some 300-year-old music still slaps.
Listen for this
🎧 What instruments are NOT here that we'd hear today?
Artist Spotlight
🌟 Beethoven kept writing music even after he went completely deaf.
Mind = Blown
🤯 Beethoven's 9th symphony is the song the European Union plays for itself.
Learn about romantic expression: chopin and tchaikovsky (part 3): trace the development of hip-hop
What You'll Learn
Louis Armstrong revolutionized jazz with his trumpet playing and gravelly singing. He popularized improvisation as a solo art.
Trace the development of hip-hop
Connect music to social movements and protest
Notes on the Staff
Tap a note to hear it
Check Your Understanding
Question 1 of 3
What instrument did Johann Sebastian Bach primarily play?
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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