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Your search for: origins AND popular AND music


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Books on: origins popular music

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Magazine Articles on: origins popular music

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Encyclopedia Articles on: origins popular music

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  • Rock Music
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ROCK MUSIC type of music originating in the United States in the mid-1950s and increasingly popular throughout much of the world. Origins of Rock Essentially hybrid in origin, rock music includes elements of several black and...
     
  • Chinese Music
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...music forms of China. Origins and Characteristics Chinese...and skin (drum). Music was believed to have...comparable to those of Greek music. The failure of a dynasty...Legend ascribes their origin to birdsong, six from...The scale of Chinese music is pentatonic, roughly...Western (classical and popular) and Japanese sources...
     
  • Gospel Music
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...that owes much of its origin to the Christian conversion...church. However, gospel music did not derive as much...did spirituals . Gospel music, more emotional and...20th cent., gospel music was considered antithetical...despite their similarity of origins, and gospel performers...all three forms became popular outside the black community...
     
  • Jazz
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...made to the art of music. Origins of Jazz Jazz developed...basically of black origin and association...of World War I this music was popularized through sheet music and player-piano...Joplins works, had a popular revival. New Orleans...
     
  • Asian Drama
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...although the dates of its origin are uncertain. See also...music and dengaku rustic music. Its invention is attributed...relief. They do not use music, take about 20 min to...integration of movement, music, and language. Also...No a puzzle. The most popular play in the Kabuki repertoire...reflecting its popular origins, the Kabuki stage is...
     

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