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12 Cards in this Set
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4 Tools of Ethnomusicology?
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1) belief system
2) social status 3) material culture 4) repertoire / content |
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Why was status low?
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Traveled a lot and had a bad reputation.
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Describue Russian laws under Nicolas I
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Dictated when, where, and how many musicians could play at functions. A lot of European anti-Semitism.
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What is a Pale of settlement
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Where Jewish people settled
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Jewish musicians were influenced by their surrounding culture. This made them ______?
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eclectic
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Why did Jewish people leave Europe?
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Mass immigration to Ellis Island NY because of anti Semitism in Europe. Immigrated to the "promised land."
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Who invented the first recording equipment? What was it called?
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Thomas Edison, cylinder recording.
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Who invented the flat disk, and had the idea of making a mass market for recordings?
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Emile Berliner
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2 biggest recording labels? Describe both.
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Victor Label - superior, classical artists, high-end markets.
Columbia Label - recorded ethnic music and attracted the ethnic market. Aimed at new immigrants. |
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Describe three feelings of immigrants
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loss - loss of identity and culture
survival - how am I going to survive? acculturation - how do I blend into new society? |
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What company understood immigrants feelings and gave them a sense of the old country?
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Columbia label
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Who made 175 recordings and made concert tours of cantoral singing?
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Gershom Sirota (1873 - 1943)
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