History of American music development?

After a long period of development, American music didn't have a unique American style until the beginning of the 20th century, and achieved the same important position as western countries' music culture.

Prior to this, the music of various nationalities or races lived in this land of the United States, and there were also professional music brought by European musicians from European countries.

After a long period of mutual influence and integration, they promoted the formation and development of American music.

16-/kloc-Indian singing in the 0/8th century is mainly used in labor, weddings, funerals, preparations for war and other occasions, with percussion instruments such as drums, which are simple in tone and unique.

/kloc-After the 6th century, with the arrival of immigrants from various countries, they also brought their own music culture.

After fierce competition, the British finally gained an advantage in the North American continent.

Therefore, English music has the greatest influence on American music, laying the initial cornerstone for the formation of American music.

16 19, the first batch of 1 African slaves were sold to North America.

African blacks love music and are used to singing while working.

The moving melody and unique syncopation rhythm of black music have played a great role in the development of American music.

1640, Massachusetts published Poems of the Gulf, which was the first 1 book published in North America.

/kloc-At the beginning of the 8th century, in order to improve the singing level, many priests wrote books to guide singing.

At the same time, with the increase of immigrants and the gradual prosperity of some big cities, secular music began to become active.

European instruments such as violin, guitar and Harper Secord became popular, and professional musicians appeared.

173 1 year, 1 concert was held in Boston.

The usual concert programs include patriotic songs, opera arias and traditional folk songs. Sometimes there are some instrumental works with or without titles.

On this basis, the first American born! Batch composer.

Compared with European music, the works of American composers at that time were considered immature.

19-early 20th century19, many European musicians came to the United States, and they brought far more advanced musical level and skills than the United States.

1848 After the European Revolution, a large number of German musicians moved to the United States.

They obviously changed the musical taste of Americans who are used to hymns, and also brought great influence to the creation of young American composers.

At the same time, music education has developed rapidly.

After the Civil War, American music life became more active, and some important music groups were established one after another, such as metropolitan opera (188 1) and Boston Symphony Orchestra (188 1).

More importantly, a number of composers with considerable professional skills have emerged.

They have raised American music to the level of Europe, but their works lack originality and have obvious imitation tendency.

Among them, the highest achievement is E. mcdowell, who is regarded as the 1 composer in the United States with international reputation.

Although almost all American composers follow the European style, songwriter S.C. Foster writes with African-American music.

Many of his songs were written for the popular "Black Troupe" at that time (white people disguised as black people and their members were called bards). However, the music of real African-Americans has not been taken seriously, and they only spread and developed among blacks.

The main types of popular black music at that time were soul music, blues and labor music.

19 At the end of the 20th century, there was a new trend in America to get rid of German music control.

Czech composer A de Vozak played a great role in it.

1892- 1895 was invited as the dean of new york Conservatory of Music.

He suggested that American composers should apply American Indian and black music to their own creations.

Some composers turned to French music, and their works were closely related to Impressionism.

Another composer, C.E. Ives, is exploring the Americanized music language by himself.

He didn't attract people's attention at that time, and later he was regarded as the most famous composer of the older generation in America.

In the 1920s, public opinion encouraged American composers to create works with American style and characteristics.

With the support of various parties, a group of composers contributed to the establishment of American nationalist music.

Especially in the field of symphony, they have won the status of American music comparable to that of European countries.

A. Copland, R. Harris, W. Preston, V. Thomson and R. sessions (1896-), who studied under French composer boulanger in Paris, all combined American music language with first-class western composition skills to some extent.

Their students and followers, such as Schumann, Barber and Bertelsmann, inherited their path.

Most of these young composers were trained in China.

American music in the 1920s and 1930s developed in more than one direction.

After the First World War, western music experienced unprecedented upheaval and a new modern music school appeared. Even the above composers, in some of their works, show the nature of experiments to varying degrees.

The most important experimentalist is E. Varese, 19 15, a French composer who settled in the United States.

At the same time, American pop music has developed unprecedentedly.

Especially jazz music evolved from black music blues and ragtime is popular all over the country.

Musicals with independent American style (also known as Broadway musicals) are gradually developed on the basis of European operetta and comic opera, and occupy a special position in popular music.

Famous music composers include R. Rogers (1902- 1979), G. Gershwin, Bertelsmann, etc.

The appearance of Nazi regime and World War II brought many famous European composers to the United States, such as P. hindemith, B. Bartok, Schoenberg, Stravinsky and D. Mi Yue.

They have brought great new influence to American music life.

America has become an important center of western music culture.

The nationality of American music creation is no longer valued, and the differences in style between the works of many American composers and European music have almost disappeared.

After the 1950s, American music became more diverse.

Although some composers basically create according to the traditional music language, what attracts the new generation composers is the endless stream of new music schools, represented by J Cage.

In the field of pop music, new varieties have also appeared.

Rock music developed from blues and other music is very popular all over the country, while jazz music takes a back seat.

The representative figure of rock music is e Presley (1935-1977), and the famous folk singer is b Dylan (194 1-).

After 70' s, the craze of rock music gradually faded, and all kinds of pop music influenced each other, and their styles tended to be comprehensive.

The most famous pop singer is M Jackson (1958-).

In music performance, the United States often reaches a high level because of its world-class conductors, soloists and opera singers.

American symphony orchestras account for more than half of the world total.

Among them, the symphony orchestras in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, new york and Philadelphia all enjoy international reputation.