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- Music_history_of_the_United_States abstract "The music history of the United States includes many styles of folk, popular and classical music. (Aaron Copland, American composer 1900-1990). Some of the best-known genres of American music are blues, rock and roll, and country. The history began with the Native Americans, the first people to populate North America. The music of these people was highly varied in form, and was mostly religious in purpose.With the arrival of large numbers of colonizers from European countries like France, Spain, Scotland, England, Ireland, and Wales came Christian choirs, musical notation, broadsides, as well as large numbers of West African slaves. These African Americans played a variety of instruments, especially drums and string instruments similar to the banjo. The Spanish also played a similar instrument called the Bandora as well as polyrhythms and call-and-response style vocals.As the United States incorporated more land, spreading west towards the Pacific Ocean, more immigrants began to arrive in the country, bringing with them their own instruments and styles. During this time, the United States grew to incorporate the Cajun and Creole music of Louisiana, the Polynesian music of Hawaii and Tex-Mex and Tejano music. Immigrants brought with them the Eastern European polka, Chinese and Japanese music, Ukrainian and Polish fiddling, Scottish and Irish music, Ashkenazi Jewish klezmer, and other styles of Indian, Russian, French, German, Italian, Arab and Latin music.Two of the greatest contributions to American music come from Scotland and Ireland. Many of whose citizens immigrated to America's southeast early in the countries history bringing with them their music and culture. Gospel music was shaped in part out of the music these immigrants brought.In the 20th century, American popular music achieved great international acclaim. Even since the ragtime and minstrel songs of the 19th century, African American and Scottish music has greatly influenced American popular music. The rural blues of poor black Southerners and the jazz of black urbanites were among the earliest styles of American popular music. At the time, black performers typically did not perform their own material, instead using songs produced by the music publishing companies of Tin Pan Alley. African American blues evolved during the 20th century, mixing with Scottish Appalachian folk music to create genres like rhythm and blues. During this time, jazz diversified into steadily more experimental fields. By the end of the 1940s, jazz had grown into such varied fields as bebop and jazz.Rock and roll was soon to become the most important component of American popular music, beginning with the rockabilly boom of the 1950s. In the following decade, gospel evolved into secular soul. Rock, country and soul, mixed with each other and occasionally other styles, spawned a legion of subgenres over the next few decades, ranging from heavy metal to punk and funk. In the 1970s, urban African Americans in New York City began performing spoken lyrics over a beat provided by an emcee; this became known as hip hop music. By the dawn of the 21st century, hip hop had become a part of most recorded American popular music.".
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- Music_history_of_the_United_States comment "The music history of the United States includes many styles of folk, popular and classical music. (Aaron Copland, American composer 1900-1990). Some of the best-known genres of American music are blues, rock and roll, and country. The history began with the Native Americans, the first people to populate North America.".
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