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   What is the history of African American music?

   • Encompassing the earliest folk traditions to present-day popular music, the new Timeline of African American Music is a detailed view of the evolution of African American musical genres that span the past 400 years.

   African American Music Timeline - Carnegie Hall

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   What is African-American music?

   • African-American music is a broad term covering a diverse range of musical genres largely developed by African Americans and their culture.

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   What if there were no African-American music?

   • Jazz and hip-hop traveled to Africa and Asia and influenced other genres of African and Asian Music. Many state that without African-American music, there would be no American music. The songs that Africans brought to America created a foundation for American music.

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   Why is African American music important?

   • The music of African Americans is one of the most poetic and inescapable examples of the importance of the African American experience to the cultural heritage of all Americans, regardless of race or origin. See full article by Steven Lewis on how African American music is a vital part of America's musical heritage.

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   How did African music influence American culture?

   • From lullabies to life-cycle events; from storytelling and games to social criticism; from agricultural pursuits, fishing, hunting, to kingship; from harvest to annual festivals, musical performances express a wide range of emotions, embodied experience, and social values.” Africans brought their own cultures and way of life to the Americas.

   Origins & Adaptations — Timeline of African American Music

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   How did African American music change in the 20th century?

   • White and Latino performers of African-American music were also visible. African-American music was often altered and diluted to be more palatable for white audiences, who would not have accepted black performers, leading to genres like swing music. By the turn of the 20th century African Americans were becoming part of classical music as well.

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2. timeline.carnegiehall.org › stories › africanOrigins & Adaptations — Timeline of African American Music

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   Carnegie Hall explores the African origins and adaptations in African American music, from 1600 to the present day. Learn more in this article.

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   African-American music is a broad term covering a diverse range of musical genres largely developed by African Americans and their culture. Its origins are in musical forms that developed as a result of the enslavement of African Americans prior to the American Civil War.

4. www.si.edu › spotlight › african-american-musicAfrican American Music - Smithsonian Institution

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   See full article by Steven Lewis on how African American music is a vital part of America's musical heritage. Explore a selection of the Smithsonian's wide range of collections preserving the material history of African American musical history.

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6. timeline.carnegiehall.org › timelineA Timeline of African American Music: 1600 - Present Day

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   The Timeline of African American Music by Portia K. Maultsby, Ph.D. presents the remarkable diversity of African American music, revealing the unique characteristics of each genre and style, from the earliest folk traditions to present-day popular music.

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   Roots of African American Music. African American music cannot be separated from the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the forced transportation of millions of African people across the Atlantic who were then enslaved. The cultures from which they were torn and the conditions into which they were forced both contributed to the sounds of African ...

8. www.encyclopedia.com › history › news-wires-whiteThe History of African American Music | Encyclopedia.com

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   From the lyrical cries of black street vendors in eighteenth-century Philadelphia to the infectious dance rhythms of the Motown sound, African American music has been heard at all times and in every corner of America.

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   Jan 11, 2022 · Encompassing the earliest folk traditions to present-day popular music, the new Timeline of African American Music is a detailed view of the evolution of African American musical genres that span the past 400 years.