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DocuSign Envelope ID:3A2943C2-EE76-446E-9116-3566395E1533 <br /> Styles of Music to be covered <br /> Oral Tradition—America's first songs were all forged with the same instrument—the <br /> voice. <br /> Spirituals--What W.E.B. Dubois called sorrow songs;Negro Spirituals are songs of <br /> enslaved Africans and African Americans, derived from field hollers,religious hymns <br /> and African scales and rhythms <br /> The Blues—a musical style forged in the deep south of the United States,The Blues is <br /> the bedrock of American musical culture: giving birth to jazz,rock and roll,rhythm and <br /> blues and country. <br /> Jazz—America's"classical music,"Jazz was forged in New Orleans, inspired by African <br /> rhythms and European instruments. <br /> Hip Hop--Hip Hop is a cultural movement consisting of many elements including the <br /> DJ, B Boy/B Girl,Emcee and Graffiti Artist. <br /> Song List: <br /> Teachers might consider finding the original versions of these songs as performed by the <br /> artists listed below. The students will then be able to make a connection to the way The <br /> Beast performs the piece and the ways that it is simultaneously similar to and different <br /> from the original composition. <br /> Wade in the Water--Fisk Jubilee Singers <br /> Go Down Moses—Fisk Jubilee Singers <br /> Sweet Home Chicago—Robert Johnson <br /> Dupree Blues--Blind Willie Walker <br /> When the Saints go Marching In—Louie Armstrong <br /> Take The A Train-Duke Ellington <br /> Well You Needn't-Thelonius Monk <br /> Rapper's Delight—Sugarhill Gang <br /> The Message—Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five <br /> Once Again—The Beast <br /> Freedom—The Beast <br />