1920's Music Analysis

1920’s music The 2013 musical hit, “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke, brought in approximately $16,675,690. This just goes to show how much money is spent and invested on, in music today . While African Americans were enslaved,they used music quiet frequently as a means of self- expression. The african music combined with the european music had a major influence on jazz. During the Civil War the troops made music together, this helped them learn how to work together and better understand how to get along, this just shows that music is not just a form of entertainment but also a way to bring people together. In the 1920’s music was affected by prohibition, jazz, and african culture. Prohibition, women’s right to vote, and the economy crash of 1929 changed the history of the 1920’s. Prohibition was very violent and secretive, the 18th amendment stopped the production of all alcohol. This law was in effect for 14 years, 1919-1933, the 21st amendment ended prohibition. Following this, the 19th amendment went into effect in 1920, this amendment allowed women the right to vote. The United States had a lot of money between 1920-1929. The Great Depression (1929-1939) put the United States in …show more content…
Ragtime is a combination of black and european music, people loved it and started dancing in different ways towards it. This new type of music helped blacks and whites be a little less segregated. Jazz was the most famous type music in the 1920’s, mostly appealed to the younger generations. A lot of new dances were made for this new upbeat type of music including the Charleston, the cake walk, and many more. Louis Armstrong was a very well known jazz musician, he played the cornet and could also sing. When people would hear Armstrong play for the first time they were shocked by the way he played. His band, Hot 5, changed jazz music by how they played. Armstrong also inspired many other amazing