Reflects the emotional power and rhythmic drive of early Afro-American What is known as gospel music today, more accurately White audiences in more genteel versions than those performed in ruralīlack churches. These beautiful and moving religious songs were most often heard by The most famous form of early Afro-American music is the spiritual. It generated an entire new mode of musical This heritage,īlended with the music of the new land, much of it vocal, produced more The slaves brought here from Africa, torn from their own ancestral culture,ĭeveloped it as a new form of communication in song and story.īlack music in America retained much of Africa in its distinctive rhythmicĮlements and also in its tradition of collective improvisation. Its origins are shrouded in obscurity, but Open ears and an open mind to appreciate all the many and wide-raging Survive and to retain its own character and special appeal. Has taken so many forms, but that each form has been vital enough to Through New Orleans and Dixieland, swing and mainstream, bebop and Today, Jazz flourishes in many styles, from basic blues and ragtime Most significant original art form, loved and played in nearly every land on In the span of less than a century, the remarkable native American musicĬalled Jazz has risen from obscure folk origins to become this country's
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