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FOLK
MUSIC
Folk music is popular The most active
music that developed development of the
from folk music in the genre took place in
middle of the 20th the USA and Great
century as a result of the Britain. Folk music
folk revival phenomenon, also includes
when folk music began to various subgenres,
spread to a mass including folk rock
audience. In this regard, it and electric folk.
is sometimes referred to
as "folk revival music".
Country
Factors to A form of American popular music
Consider that developed from the traditional
music of immigrants from the British
Isles. Originally a rural amateur
genre that mixed Celtic and English
dance tunes with 19th century
songs, blues, gospel and American
sacred music, it has since
developed into one of the most
commercially successful musical
genres since the 1920s.
Latin American music LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC IS A
GENERALIZED NAME FOR THE
MUSICAL STYLES AND GENRES OF
LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, AS
WELL AS THE MUSIC OF PEOPLE
FROM THESE COUNTRIES WHO
COMPACTLY LIVE ON THE
TERRITORY OF OTHER STATES AND
FORM LARGE LATIN AMERICAN
COMMUNITIES. IT IS A FUSION OF
MANY MUSICAL CULTURES, BUT IT
IS BASED ON THREE
COMPONENTS: SPANISH, AFRICAN
AND INDIAN MUSICAL CULTURES.
AS A RULE, LATIN AMERICAN
SONGS ARE PERFORMED IN
SPANISH OR PORTUGUESE, LESS
OFTEN IN FRENCH. IN
COLLOQUIAL SPEECH, THE
ABBREVIATED NAME "LATIN
MUSIC", "LATINA" IS OFTEN USED.
BLUES