Martin, Hali, Michelle

Music of the 1930’s The music of the 1930’s consisted of cultural and social conditions. The 1930’s was otherwise known as the “Jazz Age”. The music was very popular during the great depression. Some of the popular bands were Ellington, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Cleo Patra Brown. Other artist such as Judy Garland sang Over the Rainbow. Tomas Edison contributed to the music by making recording devices. John Phillip Sousa was a famous composer at the time. He invented the sousaphone. He was the first person to say the cymbal is an instrument and was the first to have his music recorded by one of Edison’s invention. Due to money being scarce people turned to music to keep them happy. Music was a way for people to escape the pressure of the depression.