美国音乐文化

Characteristics
• The music of the United States can be characterized by the use of syncopation and asymmetrical rhythms, long, irregular melodies, which are said to "reflect the wide open geography of (the American landscape)" and the "sense of personal freedom characteristic of American life". Some distinct aspects of American music, like the call-andresponse format, are derived from African techniques and instruments.
Elvis Aron Presley
• Elvis Aaron Presley • (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer, musician, and actor. One of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply, "the King".
Honors and Awards
Presley is one of the most celebrated musicians of 20th-century. Commercially successful in many genres, including pop , blues and gospel , he is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music . He was nominated for 14 Grammys and won three, receiving the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36.
Honors and Awards
• Michael Jackson received numerous honors and awards, including the World Music Awards ' Best-Selling Pop Male Artist of the Millennium, the American Music Award 's Artist of the Century Award and the Bambi Pop Artist of the Millennium Award. [ 179 ] [ 364 ] He was a double-inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , once as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1997 and later as a solo artist in 2001. His awards include many Guinness World Records (eight in 2006 alone), 13 Grammy Awards (as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award )
Michael Jackson
• Michael Joseph Jackson • (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer-songwriter , dancer, businessman and philanthropist . Often referred to by the honorific nickname " King of Pop ", or by his initials MJ , Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records .
Taylor Swift
• Taylor Alison Swift • (December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. She signed with the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house . The release of Swift's eponymous debut album in 2006 established her as a country music star.
Folk Music
• Folk music in the US is varied across the country's numerous ethnic groups. The Native American tribes each play their own varieties of folk music, most of it spiritual in nature. African American music includes blues and gospel , descendts of West African music brought to the Americas by slaves and mixed with Western European music. During the colonial era, English , French and Spanish styles and instruments were brought to the Americas. By the early 20th century, the United States had become a major center for folk music from around the world, including polka , Ukrainian and Polish fiddling , Ashkenazi Jewish klezmer and several kinds of Latin music .
American Music Culture
Brief Introduction
• The music of the United States reflects the country's multiethnic population through a diverse array of styles. It is a mixture of West African traditions on the one hand and Irish and Scottish traditions with the later addition of Mexican and Cuban elements. Among the country's most internationallyrenowned genres are Hip Hop , Blues , Country , Rhythm and Blues ,Rock&Roll, Jazz , Barbershop , Pop , Experimental and Techno . The United States has the world's largest music market with a total retail value of 4,481.8 million dollars in 2012 and its music is heard around the world. Since the beginning of the 20th century, some forms of American popular music have gained a near global audience.
Popular Music
• The United States has produced many popular musicians and composers in the modern world. Beginning with the birth of recorded music, American performers have continued to lead the field of popular music, which out of "all the contributions made by Americans to world culture... has been taken to heart by the entire world". Most histories of popular music start with American ragtime or Tin Pan Alley ; others, however, trace popular music back to the European Renaissance and through broadsheets , ballads and other popular traditions. Other authors typically lookቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱat popular sheet music, tracing American popular music to spirituals , minstrel shows and vaudeville , or the patriotic songs of the Civil War.
Classical Music
• The European classical music tradition was brought to the United States with some of the first colonists. European classical music is rooted in the traditions of European art, ecclesiastical and concert music. The central norms of this tradition developed between 1550 and 1825, centering on what is known as the common practice period . When Antoní Dvořák , a prominent Czech composer, visited the n United States from 1892 to 1895, he iterated the idea that American classical music needed its own models instead of imitating European composers; he helped to inspire subsequent composers to make a distinctly American style of classical music.By the beginning of the 20th century, many American composers were incorporating disparate elements into their work, ranging from jazz and blues to Native American music.