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Music history of the United States includes many styles of folk, popular and classical music. Some of the best-known genres of American music are rhythm and blues, jazz, rock and roll, rock, soul, hip hop, pop, and country. American music began with the Native Americans, the first people to populate North
In the 1950s Perez Prado made the cha-cha-cha famous, and the rise of Afro-Cuban jazz opened many ears to the harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic possibilities of Latin music. The most famous American form of Latin music, however, is salsa. Salsa incorporates many styles and variations; the term can be used to describe most forms of popular Cuban ...
Music history of the United States Colonial era – to the Civil War – During the Civil War – Late 19th century – 1900–1940 – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s This is a timeline of music in the United States .
F. L. Ritter publishes the first comprehensive music history of the United States, Music in America. [27] The Freeman, an Indianapolis, Indiana-based periodical, is founded, soon becoming the primary trade paper for African American theatrical groups. [28] Gretsch becomes the first drum manufacturer in the United States. [29]
Early 1820s music trends The Boston 'Euterpiad becomes the first American periodical devoted to the parlor song. [5]The all-black African Grove theater in Manhattan begins staging with pieces by playwright William Henry Brown and Shakespeare, sometimes with additional songs and dances designed to appeal to an African American audience. [6]
The Bureau of Navigation founds the United States Navy School of Music to train instrumentalists and bandleaders in the Navy. [324] George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess premiers on Broadway; the "folk opera" was an innovative piece that mixed African-American music with techniques from the musical theater and American popular song. [325]
William Billings' The New-England Psalm-Singer is the first compilation of entirely American music and the first compiled by a native-born American to be published, [102] first major publication by a singing master, [101] and the first tunebook in the country dedicated to the music of a single composer.
List of best-selling sheet music; List of best-selling music artists; List of best-selling albums; List of best-selling albums of the 21st century; List of highest-certified music artists in the United States: This lists the top 100 certified music artists (albums), and the top 50 certified music artists (digital singles).