Jambalaya, Apple Pie, Chante Quelque Chose Oh Yé Yaille: A History of Cajun Culture through Music from the Early 1920s to the Late 1980s Main Menu Jambalaya, Apple Pie, Chante Quelque Chose Oh Yé Yaille The Online Exhibit Introduction What is this exhibit about? Defining Terms The Twentieth Century for Louisiana A century of change and growth Discovery of Commercial Cajun Music: The Beginnings The introducing of Cajun traditional music to record companies in the later 1920s Discovery of Commercial Cajun Music: New Styles The 1930s was a time of changes in music styles as many imitated what was popular Discovery of Commercial Cajun Music: The Comeback World War II halted music production until victory led to a revival of folk music in the later half of the 1940s The Revival in the Second Half of the Century An era of “Renaissance” for Cajun music The Acts of Revival for Cajun Music: The Dance Hall Sounds of Zydeco The rise of Zydeco in South Louisiana and its influence to Cajun Music The Acts of Revival for Cajun Music: The Dance Hall Sounds of Swamp Pop The creation of Swamp Pop as a sub-genre of Cajun Music The Acts of Revival for Cajun Music: The Cajun Culture and Music sThe struggle between American mainstream culture and a growing counterculture The Acts of Revival: CODOFIL and Cajun Music The Acts of Revival for Cajun Music: The Contemporary Era Conclusion The Twenty-First Century Era Endnotes List of Songs The songs featured in the exhibit in order of chapters Further Research Rachel Blomquist

Acknowledgments

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Throughout the writing and creating of this exhibit and thesis I have received a great deal of support and assistance.

I would first like to thank my thesis committee for their guidance and patience. Especially my committee chair, Dr. Michael Martin, whose knowledge on Cajun culture and music was invaluable to my research. And I appreciate his patience with me and the various drafts of my thesis that were created from each new wave of edits.

I would also like to thank my colleagues from my assistantship at the Center for Louisiana Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for their wonderful collaboration. You provided me with the tools that I needed to create this online exhibit as well as many of my media.

And lastly, I would like to thank my mother, best friends, and roommates. My mother, who encouraged me the whole time and believed in me to create something unique.  My best friends who endured hours of complaints over the phone and in person for the last year and half. And my roommates that had to be guinea pigs to various visuals and put up with me in best and worst times as I wrote and created this thesis and exhibit.


THANK YOU!!    

 

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