Word: popularizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would be unfair, however, to claim that popular songs are limited to American problems, rather than the universals. The love odes of modern song often recall Shelley at his most exuberant...
...become an unfortunate habit in recent years to pass off popular music as a "native art form," while ignoring the lyric beauty and poetic worth of many of the top tunes. To further public appreciation of this art form, the CRIMSON annually undertakes to print messages from some of the more moving lyrics, while taking note of the literary forces and individuals who have influenced the song's content and technique...
...folk songs and jazz is understandable. Feeling removed from the vitality of life, they turn to these forms of music to reassure themselves that they still retain the youthful vigor they associate with "the people." A far more representative and exciting form of proletariat culture, however, is that of popular music...
This has not long been true. Up pto about three years ago, popular music was --- and syrupily romantic --- listening. Reflecting an emphasis on the value that America places on --- adolescent period), the almost exclusive theme of popular music is still the glorification of romantic love. But instead of the earlier preponderance of sleepy ballads, popular music is characterized today by a new vibrancy...
This newly instigated system will permit those popular only in their own House to escape the ignominy of losing in the class-wide election. The Council moved up the date of the election to the first week in March...