Writing an essay on the history of music

by EveningGiraffee

Hi there!

I'm currently writing an essay on the history of music roughly between the 1900s-1930s. The topic is on what cultural and technological events changed music.

An example of a cultural event was to do with racism and how radio hosts would only play white people's music and a technological event would be radio broadcasting.

Just wondering if anyone has anything which would be good to look into?

Thanks in advance!

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