Characteristics+of+Art+Music

Marissa:  Characteristics Art [|Music]

[|children] During the 1960's part of the art music was there were a lot of children toys, clothes, shoes, ect. being made. So as you see the art music wasn't just about music.

[|1960's Begin:] The 1960's were the "rockabilly stars" meaning they were still having hits from Elvis,Everlys, and Roy Orbison. Some of the older-pop music stars were fading away.

=[| The Composers]=

1. What IS art music? - Art music is music composed in a classical tradition and intended as serious art. - It also is distinguished from popular or folk music.

2. Who were some famous composers of the 1960s? - [|Claude Bolling] - [|Niels Viggo Bentzon]

3. What did those composers do? What music did they write Why are we still talking about them?
 * Claude Bolling was famous for as a jazz performer, pianist-arranger, and conductor.
 * Niels Viggo Bentzon was famous for a whirlwind in post-war Danish music, constantly creating and exploring every musical genre.

5. The people you listed (Elvis etc) were pop musicians not "serious" musicians. - To me I think that Elvis and the others are serious musicians, they may not have been as popular back then as they are now. - Elvis and Roy Orbison were serious music players