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Sex, Music & Bloomers is a study of popular music during its formative years. At that time the development of a new type of music appropriately called popular, evolved directly from the Foster tradition, but enriched itself through the fortuitous use of a number of other musical sources such as vaudeville, minstrelsy, and Broadway. A significant increase in births caused by 30 years of peace, a general movement to the cities, and a perceptible growth in immigration created a consumer market that was hungry for a common music. This new music targeted that need by closely linking itself to the rising middle class and in particular by using a form and content that was most associated with their expectations and fast-moving lifestyles. Other social forces were at work that tended to encourage the growth of popular music. The piano industry was producing more pianos than ever before. America was experiencing a dancing craze that packed many ballrooms where the new music was particularly well suited and enthusiastically welcomed. The womens rights movement was in full swing and was well supported by this type of music, which shamelessly and enthusiastically celebrated female figures who

Author

Vautier, Dominic

Publisher

Bellevue, Wash.: Abelard Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780967704630