Lesson 80 of 84 · Music History
⭐ 30 XP🎻 Music History HallHip-Hop: From the Bronx to the World (Part 3)
Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring' (1913) caused a riot at its premiere.
🎯 Your mission
Find what made this music change everything.
⚡ The twist
Genres don't have rules — only traditions.
Listen for this
🎧 Close your eyes. What does this music make you picture?
Artist Spotlight
🌟 Louis Armstrong invented modern jazz singing by accident — he dropped his lyric sheet on stage.
Mind = Blown
🤯 The first pop song to hit a billion plays online took 3 years. Now it happens in months.
Learn about hip-hop: from the bronx to the world (part 3): identify the influence of world music on western styles
What You'll Learn
Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring' (1913) caused a riot at its premiere. Its pounding rhythms and dissonance shocked audiences.
Identify the influence of world music on Western styles
Describe the role of music in film
Notes on the Staff
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Check Your Understanding
Question 1 of 3
What famous work did Beethoven compose while losing his hearing?
Where you hear this in real life
Today's pop hit borrows from 70 years of music history without anyone noticing.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find one famous musician you've never heard of. Listen to one song.
For the dinner table
“Tell me about the music you loved when you were my age.”
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