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Georgia in United States. Georgia's musical history is diverse and substantial; the state's musicians include Southern rap groups such as Outkast and Goodie Mob, as well as a wide variety of rock, pop, blues, and country artists such as Ray Charles, Otis Redding, James Brown, The Allman Brothers Band, Ray Stevens, Bill Anderson, Thomas Rhett, Jason Aldean, Wet Willie, Chuck Leavell, Cole ...
Professional music in Georgia existed at least from the 7-8th centuries, when Georgian composers started translating Greek orthodox Christian chants, [24] adding harmonies to the monophonic melodies, [25] and also were creating original chants. [26] It is widely accepted, that polyphony in Georgian church-singing came from the folk tradition.
The music of Athens, Georgia includes a wide variety of popular music and was an important part of the early evolution of alternative rock and new wave. [1] The city is well known as the home of chart-topping bands like R.E.M., Widespread Panic, The B-52's, and several long-time indie rock groups. [1]
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Georgia has one of the best music towns in the South for 2024, Garden & Gun says. Here’s where and why it’s so great.
The music salon of the Oscar Pappenheimer mansion was the hub of chamber music from the 1890s through the 1920s. The Atlanta Music Club was formed in 1915, and was instrumental in establishing the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (1923), the Choral Guild of Atlanta (1939, Atlanta's oldest independent chorus), [ 13 ] and the Atlanta Youth Symphony ...
This timeline of music in the United States covers the period from 1850 to 1879. It encompasses the California Gold Rush , the Civil War and Reconstruction , and touches on topics related to the intersections of music and law, commerce and industry , religion, race, ethnicity, politics, gender, education , historiography and academics.
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