Music in the Aughts (1900-1909) pt. 2
In the second part of my exploration of popular music in the first decade of the twentieth century I take a look at the state of show business, including some parts that we might wish we could forget about, and the birth of the modern genre.
Trigger warning: This video contains discussions of blackface minstrelsy.
Here's the playlist: • Aughts part 2 episode playlist
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