This American Popular Music from 1900 to 1950 Subject Guide , arranged chronologically, is intended as an overview of American history through its music. Music reflects the times, describing events and emotions.Music can portray a more accurate picture of people and events than many other mediums available to us today.

The 1910s were called the Ballroom Decade. Many of the trendier restaurants were equipped with dance floors. Black Americans continued to write and perform ragtime, blues and jazz.

Examples of 1910 Music:

• Alexander"s Ragtime Band (irving berlin)



• Danny Boy



• You made me love you (Al Jolson)



• Ah! sweet Mystery of Life

1910s Architecture

In 1913, architect Max Berg completed "Centennial Hall"

The cupola modeled on the Festhalle Frankfurt was made of reinforced concrete, and with an inner diameter of 69 m (226 ft) and 42 m (138 ft) high it was the largest building of its kind at the time of construction. The symmetrical quatrefoil shape with a large circular central space seats 7,000 persons. The dome itself is 23 m (75 ft) high, made of in steel and glass. The Jahrhunderthalle became a key reference for the development of reinforced concrete structures in the a 20th century.

Architecture in the 1910's included many great works, by different architects. One of the works completed in 1912 by the Catalan architect Antoni Guadi, was the Casa Milà, which was better known as La Pedrera.

Located in: Berkeley, California

Builiding Type: Church. Mild climate. Context is small city surrounding. Style: Ecletic Craftsman with Romanesque and Gothic motifs.

Notes:
Personalized historicism - combining oriental, classical, Romanesque and Gothic motifs and indiustrial materials integrated to a powerful new whole.