American music and musicians

Music intertwines with aspects of American social and cultural identity, including through social class, race and ethnicity, geography, religion, language, gender and sexuality. The relationship between music and race is perhaps the most potent determiner of musical meaning in the United States. The development of an African-American musical identity, out of disparate sources from Africa and Europe, has been a constant theme in the music history of the United States. Li

Introduction………………………………………………………….
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1 Folk music…………………………………………………………
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1.1 Blues and spirituals………………………………………………
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1.2 Other immigrant communities………………………………….
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2 Classical music……………………………………………………
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2.1 Colonial or “early American” music…………………………….
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2.1.2 Types of colonial music……………………………………….
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2.2 20th century classical music…………………………………….
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3 Popular music……………………………………………………..
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3.1 Jazz and swing. Country music…………………………………
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3.2 Rhythm and blues……………………………………………….
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3.3 Rock’n’roll………………………………………………………
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3.4 Hip-hop………………………………………………………….
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Conclusion…………………………………………………………..
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Bibliography…………………………………………………………
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Appendix A………………………………………………………….
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Appendix B………………………………………………………….
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