of the USA History The music of the United States reflects the country’s multi-ethnic population through a diverse array of styles. Among the country’s most internationally-renowned genres are hip hop‚ blues‚ country‚ rhythm and blues‚ jazz‚ barbershop‚ pop‚ techno‚ and rock and roll. After Japan‚ the United States has the world’s second largest music market with a total retail value of 3‚635.2 million dollars in 2010 and its music is heard around the world. Since the beginning of the
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Bach‚ Powell leaned more towards the bluesy tunes of jazz. Around the time that Powell hit his adolescent years‚ he began to appear at a club‚ Minton’s Playhouse‚ where he met the jazz musician Theolonious
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playing the music until he has no more music to play and for a good musician they make songs all the way until they are deceased. Louis Armstrong was an important figure in American history because he is the most influential person of jazz if he didn’t do what he did jazz probably would have went unnoticed and people probably would have turned the other cheek to that genre of music. Born Louis Daniel Armstrong on August 4th 1901 in New Orleans Louisiana in Storyville otherwise known as "The battlefield"
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RAGTIME By E.L.Doctorow This extract is taken from the novel “Ragtime” by the American writer E.L.Doctorow and is centred on a black jazz pianist‚ Coalhouse Walker Jr. The text contains a detailed narration of the way Coalhouse Walker Jr. Made his appearance at a certain house in which a white family lived. We are given neither the names of the family‚ nor their ages‚ nor any other details. The author calls them Mother‚ Father‚ Grandfather‚ Mother’s Younger Brother and the boy‚ but they do
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Chicago was the center of the jazz world .many jazz musicians from new Orleans moved to play at the speakeasies‚and clubs.due to Chicago‚ jazz was called “HOT”.improvised solos played on drums‚pianos‚string bass‚ and saxophone became important.louis Armstrong was very famous for this trumpet solos ‚ he later became the first to “Scat”
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music influence rock music? 7. Why do you think Latin music had such a great influence on the development of popular music? 8. Do you think that any of the music that you listen to has Latin influences? Why or why not? 1. In the twenties jazz combined with Cuban influences to create and afro-Cuban style. It also helped the true integration of New York. People of all races and social statuses came to clubs to see these bands‚ and in turn all danced together on the dance floor. 2. Machito
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Why the 20’s Were Roaring The 1920’s were a very roaring decade. This topic is very controversial‚ as some people say that it wasn’t. In actuality it was tremendously roaring! It was roaring for many reasons‚ first is that women started fighting for their rights. There were also a lot of new inventions and discoveries. Lastly‚ the most roaring part‚ there was lots of entertainment like new dances‚ and new music. All in all this decade was very roaring. Before the 1920’s women were not treated
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syncopate the rhythm and introduce the influence of jazz into the composition.The second vocalist David Frankel initiates a call and response and then call out Latin-American countries to create a sense of pan-latismo. The next song “I Like it Like That “ is one of my favorite that I have fond memories of as a child.At first the composition wasn’t familiar to me because it started out with the instruments that you normally associate with jazz music‚the bass‚trumpet‚and the sax.A minute into
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the United States but in the European classical music tradition. In many cases‚ beginning in the 18th century‚ it has been influenced by American folk music styles; and from the 20th century to the present day it has often been influenced by folk‚ jazz‚ blues‚ Native American‚ and pop styles. American folk music: is a musical term that encompasses numerous genres‚ many of which are known as traditional music‚ traditional folk music‚ contemporary folk music or roots music. The music is considered
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famous for his operas * Puccini- nationalism/ La Boheme/ created some of the most best loved operas * Schoenberg- 20+ Expressionism/ A survivor from warsaw/ developed the 12 tone system * Babbit- * Gershwin – 20+/ Rhapsody in blue/ wrote jazz and orchestral works * Copland – 20+/ billy the kid/ famous American folklore composer * Joplin-20+/ ragtime music/ famous for ragtime music Styles
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