African American music - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War - African American Music
Music history of the United States to the Civil War - Africans in Louisiana. Main article: Louisiana Creole In Louisiana, drums remaine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States In The Late 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States In The Late 19th Century - African American Music
Music history of the United States in the late 19th century - Ragtime. Main article: Ragtime In the 1890s, more sophisticated African-A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Music: Encyclopedia - African American Music
African American music (also called black music, formerly known as race music) is an umbrella term given to a range of musical genres eme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Music: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Music - 19th Century
The influence of African Americans on mainstream American music began in the 19th century, with the advent of blackface minstrelsy. The b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Music: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Music - 19th Century
The influence of African Americans on mainstream American music began in the 19th century, with the advent of blackface minstrelsy. The b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Art: Encyclopedia - African American Art
African American art is a broad term describing the visual arts of the American black community. Influenced by various cultural tradition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cultural Appropriation: Encyclopedia - Cultural Appropriation
Cultural appropriation, also referred to as cultural theft by its detractors or as a subset of acculturation by others, is the adoption o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Funk: Encyclopedia - Funk
Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e.g., James Brown and his band members (especially Maceo and Melvin Pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Culture: Encyclopedia - African American Culture
African American culture is both part of, and distinct from American culture. From their earliest presence in North America, Africans and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American: Encyclopedia - African American
An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cultural Appropriation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cultural Appropriation - Examples
A common sort of cultural appropriation is the adoption of the iconography of another culture. Obvious examples include tattoos of Hindu ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Funk: Encyclopedia Ii - Funk - History
Funk - Origin of funk. The word "funk", once defined in dictionaries as body odor or the smell of sexual intercourse, commonly has been...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Culture - Religion
Enslaved Africans brought their own religious beliefs and practices with them when they were forced on ships from Africa to the New World...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American: Encyclopedia Ii - African American - The Term African American
African American - Political overtones. The term African American carries important political overtones. Previous terms used to identif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Art: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Art - History
African American art - Antebellum and Civil War eras. The earliest African American artists were slave artisans working as potters, bla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackfoot Music: Encyclopedia - Blackfoot Music
Blackfoot music, the music of the Blackfoot tribes (best translated in the Blackfoot language as nitsínixki - "I sing", from nínixksini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cut Music: Encyclopedia - Cut Music
In African American music a cut "overtly insists on the repetitive nature of the music, by abruptly skipping it back to another beginning...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blues: Encyclopedia - Blues
The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. The fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Classical Music: Encyclopedia - American Classical Music
American classical music is music written in the United States but in the European classical music tradition. In many cases, beginning in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United States: Encyclopedia - Music Of The United States
Architecture Cinema Comic books Cuisine Dance Literature Music Poetry Sculpture Television Theater Visual arts Vote or comment on the no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American: Encyclopedia Ii - African American - African American History
Main article: African American history Africans in America, like their European counterparts, are composed of many diverse ethnic groups....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black People: Encyclopedia - Black People
"Black" in this context is an ethno-racial classification label applied to certain human populations. The term was spawned by the Europea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American: Encyclopedia Ii - African American - Nomenclature
The term "African American" has been in common usage in the United States since the late 1980s, when greater numbers of African Americans...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American: Encyclopedia Ii - African American - Black American Population
The following gives the black population in the U.S. over time, based on U.S. Census figures. (Numbers from years 1920 to 2000 are based ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American: Encyclopedia Ii - African American - Culture
Main article: African American culture African American culture is an amalgam of influences, including African, Caribbean, European, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American: Encyclopedia Ii - African American - Contemporary Issues
Main article: African American contemporary issues Many African Americans have significantly improved their social and economic standing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Culture - Agriculture And Food
The cultivation and use of many agricultural products in the U.S., such as yams, peanuts, rice, okra, sorghum, grits, watermelon, indigo ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - African American Culture - Holidays
In 1926 African American scholar Carter Godwin Woodson organized the first Negro History Week, to focus attention on previously neglected...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States - American Roots Music
Main article: American roots music The first musicians anywhere in North America were Native Americans, who consist of hundreds of ethnic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American: Encyclopedia Ii - African American - The Term African American
African American - Political overtones. The term African American carries important political overtones. Previous terms used to identif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States - Ireland
Main article: Celtic music in the United States Joseph Halliday, a Dubliner, is notable for having introduced the keyed bugle in 1810. Wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Canada - Popular Music
Main article: Canadian popular music Before the explosion of modern popular music in the 1950s, Canada produced several notable stars. Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blues: Encyclopedia Ii - Blues - History
Blues - Origins. Main article: Origins of the blues Blues has evolved from the spare music of poor black laborers into a wide variety...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era - New England Colonial Music
Main article: New England colonial music The religious singing traditions of New England played an important role in the early evolution ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States In The Late 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States In The Late 19th Century - Minstrelsy
Main article: Minstrel show Solo performers in blackface were well-known by the middle of the 19th century. Similar parodies of Africans ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blues: Encyclopedia Ii - Blues - History
Blues - Origins. Main articles: Origins of the blues, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]], ... See also:Blues, Blues - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salsa Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Salsa Music - History
In the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Cuban music within Cuba was evolving into new styles derived primarily from son and rumba, while the Cubans in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of The United States - Folk Music
Main article: American roots music Folk music in the United States is varied across the country's numerous ethnic groups. The Native Amer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Show Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Show Boat - Racism And Controversy
Show Boat - Integration. Show Boat boldly portrayed racial difficulties, and for a 1927 show it was quite progressive in doing so. It w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - American Classical Music - Beginnings
If "classical" can be taken to mean what it often in fact means, "serious", then the earliest American classical music consists of part-s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Maryland - Music History
The documented music history of Maryland begins during the colonial era, in the 18th century. Prior to that, Native Americans lived in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Georgia U.s. State: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Georgia U.s. State - Folk Music
Georgia's folk musical traditions include important contributions to the Piedmont blues, shape note singing and African American music. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackfoot Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackfoot Music - Singing
Singing consists mostly of vocables, though recordings and reports from the early 1900s and prior indicate there were a great deal more l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black People: Encyclopedia Ii - Black People - Who Is Black?
Because it is a social classification label that cannot be objectively tested, much less replicated, there is no scientific way to identi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American: Encyclopedia Ii - African American - Culture
Main article: African American culture African American culture is an amalgam of influences, including African, Caribbean, European, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States - Popular Music
Main article: American popular music The first field of American music that could be viewed as popular, rather than classical or folk, wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American: Encyclopedia Ii - African American - African American History
Main article: African American history Blacks in America, like their White counterparts, are composed of many diverse ethnic groups. Over...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States - 1940s And 1950s
Main article: Music of the United States (1940s and 50s) In the 1940s, blues became the basis for rock and roll, while jazz evolved into ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States - 1960s And 70s
Main article: Music of the United States (1960s and 70s) In the 1960s, music became heavily involved in the burgeoning youth counter cult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American: Encyclopedia Ii - African American - Contemporary Issues
Main article: African American contemporary issues Many African Americans significantly have improved their social and economic standing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blues: Encyclopedia Ii - Blues - Social Impact
Like jazz, rock and roll and hip hop music, blues has been accused of being the "devil's music" and of inciting violence and other poor b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American: Encyclopedia Ii - African American - Black American Population
The following gives the black population in the U.S. over time, based on U.S. Census figures. (Numbers from years 1920 to 2000 are based ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Maryland - Music Venues
The largest music venue in Maryland is the Merriweather Post Pavilion, opened in 1967 and designed by architect Frank Gehry to avoid dist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Maryland - Folk Music
Maryland's folk music heritage remains little studied. There have been no major musicological studies in Maryland, though some Anglo-Amer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - African American: Encyclopedia Ii - African American - Nomenclature
The term "African American" has been in common usage in the United States since the late 1980s, when greater numbers of African Americans...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Maryland - Music Institutions
Most of the major musical organizations in Baltimore were founded by musicians who trained at the Peabody Institute's Conservatory of Mus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War - Music Of Other Immigrant Communities
Main article: Music of immigrant communities in the United States Music history of the United States to the Civil War - Creole and Cajun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Maryland: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Maryland - Popular Music
Maryland has produced popular musicians from many fields, including doo wop and hardcore punk, as well as the gangsta rap of Tupac Shakur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Salsa Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Salsa Music - Characteristics
Salsa music is a very broad term that can be used with various meanings depending on the context; its exact meaning is the subject of man...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Show Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Show Boat - Production History
Before the Broadway premiere of Show Boat, Ziegfeld produced tryouts in Washington, D.C., the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh, Cleveland and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Show Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Show Boat - Songs
A definitive list of songs, per se, is somewhat pointless since the original production ran nearly four hours and thus is almost never pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Show Boat: Encyclopedia Ii - Show Boat - Plot Synopsis
The story spans about 40 years, beginning aboard the showboat Cotton Blossom in the 1880s, on the Mississippi River near Natchez, Mississ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War - Brass Bands
Main article: Brass band The early 1850s saw a growth in the development of brass band music. Brass bands were made up of brass and woodw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States To The Civil War - Popularization Of Slave Music
Main article: African American music In the 1820s, genteel English-styled ballads were popular in urban areas. Many of the songwriters, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era - European Professionals
In 1762, Charlestown, South Carolina became the home of the St. Cecilia Society, the first musical society in North America. At the time,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era - Appalachian Folk Music
Main article: Appalachian folk music The Appalachian Mountains have long been a center for cultural innovation, in spite of only sparse s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era - Native American Music
Main article: Native American music Native Americans had no indigenous traditions of classical music, nor a secular song tradition. Their...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era - Gentleman Amateur Composers
The great urban centers of the mid-Atlantic included cities like Philadelphia and Baltimore, and it was there that European classical tra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era - Rural Pennsylvanian Music
Main article: Music of Pennsylvania Rural Pennsylvania in the colonial era was home to religious minorities like the Quakers, as well as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States In The Late 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States In The Late 19th Century - Eastern European Immigrants
Main article: Eastern European music Starting in the 1880s, Eastern European Jews immigrated to the US in large numbers. They brought wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States In The Late 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States In The Late 19th Century - Military Marches
Main article: Military march Military style March music enjoyed great popularity, and most towns had brass bands that performed them. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States During The Colonial Era - African Americans
Main article: African American music Brought to the United States as early as 1619, African slaves were from a variety of tribes from Wes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music History Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music History Of The United States - 1970s
The early 1970s saw popular music being dominated by folk-based singer-songwriters like John Denver, Carol King and James Taylor, followe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States - Iran
See: Music of Iran or Persian Music After the 1979 revolution, the new Iranian government banned all pop music and many other genres. Num...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackfoot Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackfoot Music - Drumming
Singing without drums is extremely rare and considered inappropriate. (Nettl, 1989) The drum accompaniment to songs is rhythmically indep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackfoot Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackfoot Music - Musical Thought
Blackfoot musical thought is also more enumerative than European influenced musical thought which tends to be more hierarchical. Songs ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black People: Encyclopedia Ii - Black People - Who Looks Black?2
Probably the most controversial answer to the question "who is Black?" is "whoever looks Black." This is because, although most who use t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black People: Encyclopedia Ii - Black People - Usage Differs Among Former European Colonies
There are subtle differences among former colonial cultures in how the term is used. Once-colonial cultures, such as the Spanish and Port...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackfoot Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackfoot Music - Song Composition
Traditionally, songs are considered to be given, completed, to individual Blackfoot people in visions or dreams. Though it is now accepte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blues: Encyclopedia Ii - Blues - Characteristics
Blues - Origins. There are few characteristics common to all blues, because the genre takes its shape from the peculiarities of individ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Canada - Folk Music
Canadian folk music includes Quebecois, English, Irish,Scottish and First Nations and Inuit forms, as well as other genres from immigrant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blues: Encyclopedia Ii - Blues - Social Impact
Like jazz, rock and roll and hip hop music, blues has been accused of being the "devil's music" and of inciting violence and other poor b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States - Ukraine
See: Music of Ukraine Ukrainian-Americans in the Cleveland and Detroit area have kept a folk scene alive, also producing a minor crossove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black People: Encyclopedia Ii - Black People - The Concept Of Blackness Created Through Colonialism
Since the dawn of recorded history humans have tried to classify each other with various descriptive names in an attempt to organize thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of The United States - Characteristics
The music of the United States can be characterized by the use of syncopation and asymmetrical rhythms, long, irregular melodies, which a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - American Classical Music - Glass
In the 1980s, after a period during which self-defined American "classical" composers like John Cage adopted atonal structures and though...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - American Classical Music - 20th Century
In the early 20th century, George Gershwin was greatly influenced by African American music; however, this was during an era of legally e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - American Classical Music - Joplin
African-American composer Scott Joplin was one of the most significant self-defined classical composers of the late 19th and early 20th c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of The United States - Classical Music
Main article: American classical music The European classical music tradition was brought to the United States with some of the first col...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of The United States - Popular Music
Main article: American popular music The United States has produced many of the most popular musicians and composers in the modern world....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of The United States - Music Institutions
Many American cities are home to a orchestra, with the most prominent including the Cleveland Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Bost...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Canada - Classical Music
Main article: Canadian classical music Classical music in Canada is performed by a variety of orchestras, such as the Toronto Symphony Or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blues: Encyclopedia Ii - Blues - Musical Impact
As the origin of the blues scale, the blues has exerted a profound influence on many styles of music. Many jazz, folk or rock performers,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States - Jamaica
See: Music of Jamaica Undoubtedly the most influential Jamaican-American musician is DJ Kool Herc, who is often credited as the inventor ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Canada - Canto Pop
After 1997, many Hong Kong music stars immigrated to Canada and have maintained dual citizenship. Among the most eminent Cantopop stars a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States - Greece
See: Music of Greece Greek-American music includes styles like rebetiko. Performers include Annaboubala, Johnny Otis, Tatiana Troyanos an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States - Germany
See: Music of Germany German immigrants brought with them a variety of music, waltzes, polkas and oom-pah bands among them. A German musi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States - Japan
Main article: Music of Japan Large-scale Japanese immigration to the United States began early in th 20th century, and traditional music ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States - Norway
Main article: Music of Norway Norwegian-American folk music in the United States is mostly found in Minnesota and surrounding states. Rei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States - Slovenia
See: Music of Slovenia Slovenian-American polka musician Frankie Yankovich is by far the most famous musician of that genre. He began his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Music Of Immigrant Communities In The United States - Serbia And Montenegro
See: Music of Serbia and Montenegro There is a Serbian rock scene in the Greater Cleveland area. ... See also:Music of immigrant commun...   » Read the article