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Popular music is a generic term for a wide variety of genres of music that appeal to the tastes of a large segment of the population, [8] whereas pop music usually refers to a specific musical genre within popular music. [9]
According to music writer Bill Lamb, popular music is defined as "the music since industrialization in the 1800s that is most in line with the tastes and interests of the urban middle class." [13] The term "pop song" was first used in 1926, in the sense of a piece of music "having popular appeal". [14]
American popular music (also referred to as "American Pop") is popular music produced in the United States and is a part of American pop culture.
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. [1] The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles.
Pop is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms popular music and pop music are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles.
This is a glossary of jazz and popular music terms that are likely to be encountered in printed popular music songbooks, fake books and vocal scores, big band scores, jazz, and rock concert reviews, and album liner notes.
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music, broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock, from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music.
The study of composition has traditionally been dominated by examination of methods and practice of Western classical music, but the definition of composition is broad enough to include the creation of popular music and traditional music songs and instrumental pieces as well as spontaneously improvised works like those of free jazz performers ...