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  2. Music history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    DJ Kool Herc credited with helping originate hip hop music in the Bronx, New York City, in the 1970s. Hip hop was a cultural movement that began in Bronx in the early 1970s, consisting of four elements. Two of them, rapping and DJing, make up hip hop music. These two elements were imported from Jamaica by DJ Kool Herc.

  3. Music of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States' multi-ethnic population is reflected through a diverse array of styles of music.It is a mixture of music influenced by the music of Europe, Indigenous peoples, West Africa, Latin America, Middle East, North Africa, amongst many other places.

  4. Americana music - Wikipedia

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    Americana (also known as American roots music) [1] is an amalgam of American music formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the musical ethos of the United States of America, with particular emphasis on music historically developed in the American South.

  5. Rock and roll - Wikipedia

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    The term "rock and roll" is defined by Greg Kot in Encyclopædia Britannica as the music that originated in the mid-1950s and later developed "into the more encompassing international style known as rock music". [8] The term is sometimes also used as synonymous with "rock music" and is defined as such in some dictionaries. [14] [15]

  6. Origins of rock and roll - Wikipedia

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    The origins of rock and roll are complex.Rock and roll emerged as a defined musical style in the United States in the early to mid-1950s. It derived most directly from the rhythm and blues music of the 1940s, [1] which itself developed from earlier blues, the beat-heavy jump blues, boogie woogie, up-tempo jazz, and swing music.

  7. American folk music - Wikipedia

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    Most songs of the Colonial and Revolutionary periods originated in England, Scotland and Ireland and were brought over by early settlers. According to ethnomusicologist Bruno Nettl, American folk music is notable because it "At its roots is an English folk song tradition that has been modified to suit the specific requirements of America."

  8. Classical music of the United States - Wikipedia

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    American classical music is music written in the United States in the Classical music tradition, which originated in Europe. In many cases, beginning in the 18th century, it has been influenced by American folk music styles; and from the 20th century to the present day it has often been influenced by American folk music and sometimes jazz.

  9. Rock music - Wikipedia

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    The foundations of rock music are in rock and roll, which originated in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s; the genre quickly spread to much of the rest of the world. Its immediate origins lay in a melding of various black musical genres of the time, including rhythm and blues and gospel music, with country and western. [27]