by: Alejandra Cornejo
The entertainment of the 20’s was different in many ways that what we have today. This years, were called the “Jazz Age”, because of this type of music and the dance emerged. With the jazz age, many new cultural movements took place in different countries. During the 20’s many people changed the music industry and the way people look at it.
As we may think, this new movement, create a type of competition with classical music, but suddenly it gained more and more popularity.
With jazz, new dances as Charleston, which was developed by the African American, emerged and became more popular than older dances.
One of the great figures of this times was Louis Armstrong, who had changed music a lot, and also had make it better in many ways. His recording “West end blues” was the most famous. Duke Ellington changed music too; he is now considered one of the best American composers.
But apart from music, many other things happened. As the creation of famous cartoon as Betty Boop, Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh.
And also the first talking movie was produced by Warner Brothers, which was called “The Jazz Singer”. This movie talks about the son of a singer who moves to Los Angeles seeking for fame and fortune a popular musician. With the help of an actress he met, he reaches fame on Broadway.
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