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Whereas big band/swing music placed the primary emphasis on the orchestration, post-war/early 1950s era Pop focused on the song’s story and/or the emotion being expressed. By the early 1950s, emotional delivery had reached its apex in the miniature psycho-drama songs of writer-singer Johnnie Ray.
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1500: estimated – John Browne, English composer of music from the Eton Choirbook (born c. 1453) [16] 1501: February 17 – Stephan Plannck, German music printer active in Italy (born c. 1457) 1505 date unknown – Adam of Fulda, German composer and theoretician (born c. 1445; plague) [17]
Popular music, or "classic pop," dominated the charts for the first half of the 1950s.Vocal-driven classic pop replaced Big Band/Swing at the end of World War II, although it often used orchestras to back the vocalists. 1940s style Crooners vied with a new generation of big voiced singers, many drawing on Italian bel canto traditions.
This is a list of classical music composers by era. [1] [2] [3] [4] With the exception of the overview, the Modernist era has been combined with the Postmodern ...
James Adler (born 1950) Frank Ferko (born 1950) Michael Schelle (born 1950) Curt Cacioppo (born 1951) Craig Russell (born 1951) Roger Bourland (born 1952) Roger Briggs (born 1952) Robert Een (born 1952) Donal Fox (born 1952) John Luther Adams (born 1953) Martin Amlin (born 1953) Daniel Asia (born 1953) David Leisner (born 1953) Roberto Sierra ...
Ancient music – Early history – 1500s – 1510s – 1520s – 1530s – 1540s – 1550s ... Early history; List of popular music genres; ... 1950 in music, 1950 ...
It originated in the early 1950s and developed through to the late 1960s. [4] One of the earliest developments within avant-garde jazz was that of free jazz, and the two terms were originally synonymous. Much avant-garde jazz is stylistically distinct, however, in that it lacks free jazz's thoroughly improvised nature and is either fully or ...