A brief introduction to the origin and development of foreign pop songs

According to historical records, pop music has developed in Europe, North America and Latin America, with the United States as the main base. If it is divided into two parts, its origin can be summarized as follows: First, immigrants from the American continent, mainly European immigrants, or music brought by white people, was first born during the American Civil War. The most representative songs are: yankeedodo, followed by "The Foster Family" and "Beautiful Dreamers" in My Hometown. Old slaves were introduced to China in the 20th century. The other is black people in West Africa, which mainly refers to African music brought by black slaves. It can be said that it is this kind of black music that really brings essential power to modern pop music and has a great influence. The mother of pop music that we come into contact with today comes from this kind of black music. On the basis of this kind of black music, the system and basic context of modern pop music have been developed and derived. Here, I will give you a brief introduction:1In the late 9th century, due to complicated historical reasons, black music absorbed the musical factors of white people, formed its own unique style and developed rapidly. Soon, the most important music school in the history of pop music-BLUS was born, which is a kind of black music with unique harmony system, musical form system and singing style. It can even be said to be the mother of modern pop music. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, European-African mixed-race Creoles and blacks * * * created a great music form jazz on the basis of Bruce, and the history of modern pop music began, and the system continued to develop and improve. At the beginning of the 20th century, jazz entered modern people, with many masters and countless masterpieces. During this period, in addition to jazz, American pop music and drama combined to produce a new genre-musical, which is another major cultural achievement of the United States in the 20th century. Broadway in America has become the center of musicals. Since then, musicals have become the most mainstream form of modern opera in the 20th century. The music craze in China in recent years is a response to this fact. Among many musical works, the most representative is Cat. Let's enjoy the classic fragments of this musical together. From the 1930s to the early 1950s, due to the development of science and technology, the recording industry rose and entered its heyday. Pop music has gained a powerful communication carrier, and broadcasting industry has begun to become another powerful media. Thanks to this, pop music began to expand in all directions, the types began to suddenly increase, and new genres such as country folk songs and lyric songs appeared, and began to expand to various countries in the world, reaching its peak. At this time, due to the outbreak of World War II, great changes have taken place in western society, and pop music began to take on new features, resulting in an epoch-making spokesman-Elvis Presley, also known as "Elvis Presley". He combines jazz, gospel hymns, blues, country folk songs and emerging electronic music, plus rude and sexy body language, becoming a new genre of pop music. Soon after, the fire of rock music caused a fission in the most conservative Britain. Today, let's enjoy a fragment of Elvis Presley's lyric work ● "Love Me Tender". During this period, the band Beatles 1962, composed of four young workers from Liverpool, was a great success, making a sensation in Britain and even the whole world, and developing pop music into the mainstream of world music in the 1960s. The representative of the band is John Lennon, who was assassinated by a Beatles fan in 1980. Today, although The Beatles no longer exists, in the hearts of rock lovers all over the world, they will always be The Beatles, because their contribution to the development and progress of pop music, especially rock music, is permanent and indelible. In the 1960s, soul music, an African-American music form, developed greatly. It combines many musical elements, but it puts great emphasis on the input of singing and the use of sound. This genre of music, which originated from pop music, has had a far-reaching impact on the development of music and musicians in China. In the 1970s, disco music rose. This kind of music pays attention to rhythm instead of lyrics. In particular, modern recording technology and on-site modulation technology are widely used in many discotheques. Essentially, it is a kind of dance music suitable for young people to vent easily. In addition, punk music, as a branch of rock music, appears on the stage with a devastating image. Their hairstyles are often grotesque, their makeup is also rebellious, they perform violence, mainly venting, and even have excessive behavior. In 1980s, world pop music began to enter a period of all-round development and unlimited expansion. Midi music technology permeates in all directions, and gradually forms a new genre that combines classical music, folk music and modern pop music-"world music" and "new era music". The material of these two music forms comes from the folk, harmony pays attention to harmony, improvisation is paid attention to, and the means are diversified and integrated, pursuing tranquility, nature and harmony. From the origin and development of pop music, we can easily see that pop music is not produced out of thin air, nor is it derived from any substance. It was born in a specific historical era and a specific humanistic environment. In this case, it must have some specific properties. For us, this is indeed a question worthy of in-depth discussion. Until today, more kinds of pop music were born and evolved, and developed into today's rich pop music. The above is just a brief review of the development history of pop music, with the purpose of letting everyone know more specifically the basic context of the emergence and development of pop music. From this basic context, we can dig out some deep-seated things of pop music itself. From the origin and development of pop music, we can easily see that pop music is not produced out of thin air, nor is it derived from any substance. It was born in a specific historical era and a specific humanistic environment. In this case, it must have some specific properties. For us, this is indeed a question worthy of in-depth discussion, because after we are familiar with these attributes, we can dig deeper into the essential characteristics of pop music and help us understand what pop music is more objectively.