EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Welcome to the 20th century.THE FUTURE

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Thomas Edison’s invention of the phonograph in 1877
Early recording technology. Cylinders made of wax.

GIMMIE DISK

Emile Berliner's gramophone (1887) which played discs, making music more accessible and easier to mass-produce.

Earliest recordings, Enrico Caruso Darby and tarlton.

Earliest recording technology.

LETS RAP HOMIE

• How did the ability to record and playback sound change the way people experienced music?

• How might this technology have influenced musical artists?

HEY MOM IM ON THE RADIO!!!!!

RADIO STAR

Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian inventor, began his groundbreaking work in the 1890s focusing on the transmission of wireless signals over distances. Inspired by Heinrich Hertz's discovery of radio waves, Marconi saw the potential for using these waves as a means of communication. His initial experiments in the mid-1890s involved transmitting signals over just a few meters within his family's property in Italy.

WAVES

Marconi’s most famous achievement came in 1901 when he successfully transmitted wireless signals across the Atlantic Ocean from Cornwall, England, to Newfoundland, Canada.

BUT MR.E WHAT MUSIC WAS POPLUAR? WE NEED TO KNOW!!!!

RAG RAG CITY

Ragtime featured a syncopated rhythm or "ragged" rhythm, and it was primarily a piano-based music. It was one of the first truly American musical genres to gain widespread popularity.

​Scott Joplin, known for pieces like "The Entertainer" and "Maple Leaf Rag," was the most famous ragtime composer.

WHO`S SCOTT?

Scott Joplin was an influential American composer and pianist, best known for his contributions to the development of ragtime music. Born around November 24, 1868, in Texarkana, Texas, Joplin's exact birth date is not known, but he grew up in a musical family and demonstrated significant musical talent at a young age.
Beyond ragtime, Joplin also composed operas, including "Treemonisha," which was one of the first operas written by an African American. "Treemonisha" was not fully staged during his lifetime but later gained recognition and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize posthumously in 1976.

SING SING SING

Al Jolson-Known as "The World's Greatest Entertainer," Jolson's career as a singer, actor, and comedian made him a major star in the 1910s and beyond. He was famous for his energetic performances and his powerful voice, which made him one of the biggest box-office draws of his era.
Bessie Smith-Although her most influential recordings were made in the 1920s, Bessie Smith started her career in the 1910s. Known as the "Empress of the Blues," Smith was one of the most popular and influential blues singers of all time, known for her powerful vocal delivery and emotive style.

TIN TIN TIN

TIN TAN ALLY-The songwriting and music publishing hub in New York City known as Tin Pan Alley produced a significant amount of popular music. Composers and lyricists like Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, and Cole Porter wrote a slew of hits that dominated mainstream music.

Songs from Tin Pan Alley often featured in Broadway shows and were widely disseminated through sheet music and recordings.

THINK OF THE CLASSIC

Classical music continued to thrive with composers exploring new realms of expression and form. American composers began to gain fame as well, contributing their own voices to the classical music scene.
Composers like Gustav Mahler, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Igor Stravinsky were influential during this time, with Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" (1913) being particularly revolutionary.