Background
Why did African Americans move North?
In search of better opportunities. (better jobs, lving conditions, etc.)
The affordable homes in ________ became a popular destination for African Americans.
Harlem
They used composers and arrangers and had little room for improvisation
Big Band/Swing
He was the originator of Big Band Jazz
Duke Ellington
Between 1910 and 1930 the African American population in the North rose by about
20 percent
When did the Harlem Renaissance occur
1920s-1930s
What state did the Harlem Renaissance occur in?
New York
In Swing or Big Band they didn't use microphones, so they...
increase the band size to increase the sound.
The Harlem Rennaissance included all aspects of ________________ culture in its literature.
African American
The Harlem Renaissance took place because of
the Great Migration
When African Americans moved North from the south
The Great Migration
During the Great Migration, African Americans moved from the ________ to the ________ .
South, North.
Played with brass and woodwind instruments, trumpets, trombones, and saxophones playing leading parts.
Jazz
Themes that the Harlem Renaissance included
Alienation, Marginality, Folk Material, the Blues Tradition.
Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald are
Jazz artist
True or False: African Americans moved from the North to the South
False
A place in Harlem that featured performances
The Cotton Club
Known as "The Jazz Legend"
Duke Ellington
What kind of art did Langston Hughes create?
Poetry
The Harlem Renaissance came to and end due to the
Great Depression
What was another name for the Harlem Renaissance?
The New Negro Movement
The neighbourhood in Midtown Manhattan
Harlem
Characterized by intricate leads and accidentals, has complex cords and syncopated rhythms
Jazz
Some forms of art created during the Harlem Renaissance
Paintings, Poems, Music,...
African Americans were escaping
Jim Crows law and slavery