Roots of African American Music - Smithsonian Institution
网页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.
African American Music - Smithsonian Institution
网页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.
African American Music
网页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.
Celebrating Black Music Month | National Museum of African …
网页June is African American Music Appreciation Month! Created by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, this month celebrates the African American musical influences that comprise an essential part of our nation’s treasured cultural heritage.
Musical Crossroads: African American Influence on American Music
网页In the late 19th century, African American musicians combined popular songs and marches with African American folk forms like ragtime, sacred music, and the blues to create a new form of heavily syncopated and improvisatory music.
Jazz and Blues - Smithsonian Institution
网页Jazz and Blues. Leading up to the 1920s, African American music came to the attention of the white music industry and white music audiences. In 1912 W. C. Handy became the "Father of the Blues" with his composition, Memphis Blues.
Jazz and Blues - Smithsonian Music
网页Jazz and Blues. Leading up to the 1920s, African American music came to the attention of the white music industry and white music audiences. In 1912 W. C. Handy became the "Father of the Blues" with his composition, Memphis Blues.
African American Music Giving Voice to Resistance and Political …
网页African American Music Giving Voice to Resistance and Political Movements. The Civil Rights Movement was a major concerted effort by African Americans and allied whites across the country to gain basic rights and dignities that were denied to them, often by force and brutality, during the Jim Crow Era. Music lifted spirits and united protestors ...
Musical Crossroads | National Museum of African American …
网页African American musical creativity has generated and enriched a vast array of musical styles, from folk and blues, to classical and spiritual, to jazz and hip-hop. These musical creations are a soundtrack to stories of African American history, culture, and community.
African American Music
网页African American Music. Describing the African American influence on American music in all of its glory and variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music that there would be no American music without them. — Stephen Lewis in Musical Crossroads.