泛读2unit2 music.ppt

Country music in 1920s Representative figure-Jimmie Rodgers: An American country singer in the early 20th century known most widely for his rhythmic yodeling(布鲁斯风格的真假声唱法). Among the first country music superstars and pioneers, Rodgers was also known as The Father of Country Music. My Little Old Home Down in New Orleans Folk music in 1930s Born in Oklahoma, a witty poet, orator best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children’s songs, ballads(民谣) and improvised works(即兴作品). Today people regard his ballads as historic and deeply humanistic accounts of the disasters in the 1930s and the struggle for migrant workers’ rights, and as powerful images of the urban poor. This Land is Your Land In the 1950s Martin Luther King Lead peaceful marches Marchers-We shall Overcome Joan Baez -Folk Queen (1941-…) We shall overcome,we shall overcome,we shall overcome someday.Oh, deep in my heart I do believe.That we shall overcome someday.We shall live in peace,we shall live in peace,we shall live in peace someday.Oh, deep in my heart I do believe.That we shall overcome someday.Well walk hand in hand,well walk hand in hand,well walk hand in hand someday.Oh, deep in my heart I do believe.That we shall overcome someday. Martin Luther King(1929-1968) the Nobel Prize winner one of the principal leaders of the American civil rights movement a prominent advocate of nonviolent protest. challenge to segregation and racial discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s After his assassination in 1968, King became a symbol of protest in the struggle for racial justice. Bob Dylan(1941-…) American musician and songwriter one important figure in contemporary folk music and rock music. Dylan’s songs of social protest, such as “Blowing in the Wind” (1962) associated with the civil rights movement in the United States. recognized as a rock icon and a gifted, prolific songwriter. Elvis