Lesson 48 of 84 · Music History

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Hip-Hop: From the Bronx to the World (Part 2)

🎵Stage Brief #48

Nationalism in music (1800s) drew on folk melodies and dances.

🎯 Your mission

Find what made this music change everything.

⚡ The twist

Every musician you love stole from someone else first.

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Listen for this

🎧 What instruments are NOT here that we'd hear today?

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Artist Spotlight

🌟 Louis Armstrong invented modern jazz singing by accident — he dropped his lyric sheet on stage.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 Beethoven's 9th symphony is the song the European Union plays for itself.

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

Check Your Understanding

Question 1 of 3

What famous work did Beethoven compose while losing his hearing?

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Where you hear this in real life

Today's pop hit borrows from 70 years of music history without anyone noticing.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find one famous musician you've never heard of. Listen to one song.

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For the dinner table

“Tell me about the music you loved when you were my age.”

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