American music

Objectives: discovers the americans musics

What types of music were created in American ? And by who ?

Intro: The colonial period is between 1619 and 1776. About 1 million slaves were deported against their will in America. Slavery will have profound and irreversible consequences on the history of music. Throughout history, music and religious songs mainly allowed black Americans to preserve their unity and culture, to ensure against slavery and racial segregation, their autonomy of assert their difference and their pride.

Black slaves could carry instruments. So their memory and the need to cling to their beliefs resurface songs, dances and instruments probably linked to religious ceremonies and practices. born and different types of music that developed in America ... such as the blues gospel jazz and later R & B, rap and hip-hop Genres tirés à partir du site ci dessous http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_musiciens_de_musique_afro-am%C3%A9ricaine -Blues: The Blues is as well a name given to a musical form and a music genre created in the Souther of the United States at the end of the 19the century.
It was created by spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and rhymes simple narrative ballads.
The genre is based on the blues form but possesses other characteristics such as specific lyrics, bass lines and instruments.
It can be divided in several subgenres ranging from country to urban blues that were more or less popular during different periods of the 20th Century. World War II marked the transition from acoustic to electric blues, and the progressive opening of blues music to a wider audience. From the beginning of the 60's until the end of the 70's, a hybrid form caled Blues Rock develops. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues -Gospel: The Gospel is a music which was written to express either personal or communal belief regarding Christian life. As well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular