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ARTICLES RELATED TO Native American music | | | |  Native American music: Encyclopedia II - Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Native American musicMain article: Native American music
Native Americans had no indigenous traditions of classical music, nor a secular song tradition. Their music was spiritual in nature, performed usually in groups in a ritual setting important to their religion; for some groups, music was the primary means of worship, and song was regarded as a direct link to the divine. Though many Native Americans claim their songs are unchanged since anci ...
See also:Music history of the United States during the colonial era, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Native American music, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Appalachian folk music, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Fiddling, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Lined-out hymnody, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - New England colonial music, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - New England choral traditions, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Secular folk music, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - John Wesley's legacy and the spread south, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Shakers, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - European professionals, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Gentleman amateur composers, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Lowell Mason, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Rural Pennsylvanian music, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Mennonites, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Ephrata Cloister, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Moravian Church, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Pietists, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - African Americans, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Drums, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Banjo, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Notes, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Additional sources Read more here: » 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 |
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| | | | Native American music: Encyclopedia II - Music of California - Native American music Main article: Native American music
Native Americans of many different kinds lived in California prior to the discovery of the New World by Europe. Most of the tribes were culturally related to each other, as well as to the Yuman-speaking peoples of Arizona and New Mexico. They use a relaxed vocal technique, in stark contrast to Native Americans from much of the rest of North America. The songs of this area are non-strophic, and are characterized by the use of a rise, a section of a song which is slightly higher in pitch than t ...
See also:Music of California, Music of California - Official symbols, Music of California - Native American music, Music of California - Early foreign influences, Music of California - Spanish music in California, Music of California - 1950s and 60s, Music of California - Bakersfield Sound, Music of California - Surf rock, Music of California - Psychedelic rock, Music of California - San Francisco psychedelic scene, Music of California - 1970s and 80s, Music of California - Hair metal, Music of California - Punk rock, Music of California - Alternative rock, Music of California - Thrash metal, Music of California - Hip hop, Music of California - 1990s and 2000s, Music of California - Hip hop, Music of California - Indie rock, Music of California - Music festivals and organizations, Music of California - Classical music in California Read more here: » Music of California: Encyclopedia II - Music of California - Native American music |
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| | | | Native American music: Encyclopedia II - Native American music - Traditional music cultures The hundreds of tribes in North America can be divided into six areas: Eastern Woodlands, Southwest, Great Basin, Plains, Northwest Coast and Arctic. However, Nettl (1956, p.107-116) uses the following music areas which approximately coincide with Wissler, Kroeber, and Driver's cultural areas (population): Inuit-Northwest coast (275,000), Great Basin (30,000), California-Yuman (125,000), Plains-Pueblo (250,000), Athabascan (90,000), and Eastern (275,000). He associates greater geographic size and population with comple ...
See also:Native American music, Native American music - Folk song, Native American music - Traditional music cultures, Native American music - History, Native American music - Southwest, Native American music - Eastern Woodlands, Native American music - Plains, Native American music - Great Basin, Native American music - Northwest Coast, Native American music - Arctic, Native American music - Pan-tribalism, Native American music - Native American flute, Native American music - Samples, Native American music - External link Read more here: » Native American music: Encyclopedia II - Native American music - Traditional music cultures |
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| | | | Native American music: Encyclopedia II - Music history of the United States 1900-1940 - Jazz Jazz was more urban than the blues. Relying more on instrumentation, the sound was well-suited for listeners unfamiliar with the genre's conventions. It drew primarily on New Orleans blues, but also incorporated influences from Jewish-American musicians and composers like Benny Goodman and George Gershwin. In the 1920s, jazz bars became popular among white Americans, particularly young ones. Like with ragtime before, and most major genres since, jazz was blamed for the moral degeneracy of the youth that visited these bars and listened to the ...
See also:Music history of the United States 1900-1940, Music history of the United States 1900-1940 - Native Americans, Music history of the United States 1900-1940 - Early popular music, Music history of the United States 1900-1940 - Early foreign influences, Music history of the United States 1900-1940 - Blues and gospel, Music history of the United States 1900-1940 - Jazz, Music history of the United States 1900-1940 - Swing, Music history of the United States 1900-1940 - Cajun and Creole music, Music history of the United States 1900-1940 - Country music Read more here: » Music history of the United States 1900-1940: Encyclopedia II - Music history of the United States 1900-1940 - Jazz |
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| | | | Native American music: Encyclopedia II - Prehistoric music - Origin of music The origin of music likely stems from natural sounds and rhythms: the human heartbeat, the songs of birds, the rustling of wind through trees, the thunder and sound of rain, the dripping of water in a cave, the crackle of a burning fire and the sounds of waves breaking on a beach or bubbles in a brook. Man-made music echoes these soundscapes using patterns, repetition and tonality.
One published theory involved in the origin of music, originally published in 1958, is called the trio theory, claiming that influence from the most ...
See also:Prehistoric music, Prehistoric music - Origin of music, Prehistoric music - The oldest flutes, Prehistoric music - Cycladic culture Crete Read more here: » Prehistoric music: Encyclopedia II - Prehistoric music - Origin of music |
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| | | | Native American music: Encyclopedia II - Manfred Mann - 1970s and on group - Manfred Mann's Earth Band Manfred Mann went on to write advertising jingles after the group's demise, but also continued to work in the group format. Initially he formed Manfred Mann Chapter Three, an experimental group who evolved into Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
The Earth Band were, from a pop perspective, almost deliberately contrary, but combined the stylistic approach of progressive rock with Mann's keen ear for melody. Mann's interest in English twentieth century classical music saw him plunder Gustav Holst's Planets Suite, garnering ...
See also:Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann - The person - Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann - 1960s group - Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann - 1970s and on group - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann - 1990s and on group - The Manfreds Read more here: » Manfred Mann: Encyclopedia II - Manfred Mann - 1970s and on group - Manfred Mann's Earth Band |
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| | | | Native American music: Encyclopedia II - Native Americans in the United States - European colonization
Native Americans in the United States - Initial impacts.
The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the Native Americans. In the 15th to 19th century, their populations were ravaged, by the privations of displacement, by disease, and in many cases by warfare with European groups and enslavement by them. The first Native American group encountered by Christopher Columbus in 1492, the 250,000 Island Arawaks (more properly called the Taino) of Haiti Quisqueya, Cubanacan (Cuba ...
See also:Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans in the United States - Early history, Native Americans in the United States - The Bering Strait Land Bridge theory, Native Americans in the United States - Settling down, Native Americans in the United States - European colonization, Native Americans in the United States - Initial impacts, Native Americans in the United States - Early relations, Native Americans in the United States - Removal and reservations, Native Americans in the United States - Current status, Native Americans in the United States - Cultural aspects, Native Americans in the United States - Society, Native Americans in the United States - Religion, Native Americans in the United States - Gender roles, Native Americans in the United States - Music and art, Native Americans in the United States - Economy, Native Americans in the United States - Terminology differences, Native Americans in the United States - Common usage in the U.S., Native Americans in the United States - Bibliography Read more here: » Native Americans in the United States: Encyclopedia II - Native Americans in the United States - European colonization |
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| | | | Native American music: Encyclopedia II - Lou Harrison - Biography Harrison was born in Portland, Oregon, but moved with his family to a number of locations around the San Francisco Bay area as a child. The diverse music which he was to exposed to there, including Cantonese opera, Native American music, Mexican music and jazz as well as classical music, was to have a major influence on him. He also heard recordings of Indonesian music early in life.
Harrison took Henry Cowell's "Music of the Peoples of the World" course, and also studied counterpoint and composition with him. He later went to the Uni ...
See also:Lou Harrison, Lou Harrison - Biography, Lou Harrison - Harrison's music, Lou Harrison - Source Read more here: » Lou Harrison: Encyclopedia II - Lou Harrison - Biography |
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| | | | Native American music: 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 of American music. Beginning with the Pilgrim colonists, who brought the Ainsworth Psalter with them to the New World, church hymns were popular across the region. Common New Englanders soon developed their own traditions, which were viewed by some as degenerate and wanton.
See also:Music history of the United States during the colonial era, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Native American music, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Appalachian folk music, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Fiddling, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Lined-out hymnody, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - New England colonial music, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - New England choral traditions, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Secular folk music, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - John Wesley's legacy and the spread south, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Shakers, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - European professionals, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Gentleman amateur composers, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Lowell Mason, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Rural Pennsylvanian music, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Mennonites, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Ephrata Cloister, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Moravian Church, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Pietists, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - African Americans, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Drums, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Banjo, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Notes, Music history of the United States during the colonial era - Additional sources Read more here: » 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 |
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| | | | Native American music: 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. While not a technical innovation (the keyed trumpet was already known), it did become extremely popular in the burgeoning brass band tradition and inspired a whole family of instruments, the ophicleides. In the middle of the 19th century, Irish bandleader Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore was very influential, having introduced a wide range of reed instruments as well as developing instrumentation tha ...
See also:Music of immigrant communities in the United States, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Armenia, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Cape Verde, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - China, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Czech, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Eastern European Jews, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - England, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Philippines, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - France, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Germany, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Greece, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Iran, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Ireland, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Italy, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Jamaica, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Japan, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Norway, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Poland, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Serbia and Montenegro, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Slovenia, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Ukraine, Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Vietnam Read more here: » Music of immigrant communities in the United States: Encyclopedia II - Music of immigrant communities in the United States - Ireland |
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| | | | Native American music: Encyclopedia II - Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Early history See also: Archeology of the Americas, Models of migration to the New World
Indigenous peoples of the Americas - The Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory.
Based on anthropological and genetic evidence, scientists generally agree that most indigenous peoples of the Americas descend from people who migrated from Siberia across the Bering Strait, between 17,000–11,000 years ago.
The exact epoch and route is still a matter of controversy, as is whether it happened at all. Until recently there was a ...
See also:Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Early history, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - The Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - The Pre-Siberian Aborigines Theory, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Migration waves, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - European colonization of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - United States, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Canada, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Mexico, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Belize, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Guatemala, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Brazil, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Argentina, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Other parts of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Statistics on indigenous populations, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Cultural aspects, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Gender, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Music and art Read more here: » Indigenous peoples of the Americas: Encyclopedia II - Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Early history |
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| | | | Native American music: Encyclopedia II - Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Early history See also: Archeology of the Americas, Models of migration to the New World
Indigenous peoples of the Americas - The Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory.
Based on anthropological and genetic evidence, scientists generally agree that most indigenous peoples of the Americas descend from people who migrated from Siberia across the Bering Strait, between 17,000–11,000 years ago.
The exact epoch and route is still a matter of controversy, as is whether it happened at all. Until recently there was a ...
See also:Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Early history, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - The Bering Strait Land Bridge Theory, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - The Pre-Siberian Aborigines Theory, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - European colonization of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - United States, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Canada, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Mexico, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Belize, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Guatemala, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Brazil, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Argentina, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Other parts of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Statistics on indigenous populations, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Cultural aspects, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Gender, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Music and art, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Controversial terminology, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Canada and the North, Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Latin America Read more here: » Indigenous peoples of the Americas: Encyclopedia II - Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Early history |
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| | | | Native American music: 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. Bea Lillie of the World War 1 era, songwriter Shelton Brooks, doo wop group The Four Lads, bandleader Guy Lombardo, pop stars Gisele MacKenzie and Robert Goulet, jazz virtuosos Maynard Ferguson, Moe Koffman, and Oscar Peterson, and pop-country stars Wilf Carter and Hank Snow were all well-known.
After Elvis Presley's rockabilly style reached Canada in 1955, The Four Lads became one of the ...
See also:Music of Canada, Music of Canada - Folk music, Music of Canada - French-Canadian music, Music of Canada - Maritime music, Music of Canada - Newfoundland music, Music of Canada - Western Canada, Music of Canada - First Nations, Music of Canada - Other immigrant communities, Music of Canada - Popular music, Music of Canada - Canadian popular styles, Music of Canada - 1970s, Music of Canada - 1980s, Music of Canada - 1990s, Music of Canada - 2000s, Music of Canada - Classical music, Music of Canada - Canto Pop, Music of Canada - Patriotic Canadian Songs, Music of Canada - Music awards, Music of Canada - Canada's musical landscape Read more here: » Music of Canada: Encyclopedia II - Music of Canada - Popular music |
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