UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE SANTIAGO

(UTESA)
SISTEMA CORPORATIVO
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS Y HUMANIDADES

Subject

English Culture

Group
001

Assigment

Britain Project (Topic: Music)

Name

Paula Hiraldo Mercado

ID

1-19-2823

Teacher

Teofilo Alvarez
 Britain Project: Music

History and repercussion today

Throughout the history of the British Isles, the United Kingdom has been a
major music producer, drawing inspiration from Church Music. Great Britain's
musicians have created many music genres. These include electric folk, acid
jazz, heavy metal, blues rock, hard rock, Bhangra, drum and bass, dubstep,
Britpop and punk rock amongst others.

Traditional folk music, using instruments of England, Scotland, Northern

Ireland, and Wales. Each of the four countries of the United Kingdom has its
own diverse and distinctive folk music forms, which flourished until the era of
industrialization when it began to be replaced by new forms of popular music,
including music hall and brass bands.

Many British musicians have influenced modern music on a global scale, and
the UK has one of the world's largest music industries. English, Scottish, Irish,
and Welsh folk music as well as other British styles of music directly influenced
American music such as American folk music, American march music, old-time
music, ragtime, blues, country music, and bluegrass. The UK has birthed many
popular music genres such as beat music, power pop, psychedelic music,
progressive rock and progressive pop, heavy metal, new wave, and electropop
to name a few.

In the 20th century, influences from the music of the United States, including
blues, jazz, and rock and roll, were adopted in the United Kingdom. The "British
Invasion spearheaded by Liverpool band the Beatles, often regarded as the most
influential band of all time saw British rock bands become highly influential
around the world in the 1960s and 1970s. Pop music, a term which originated
in Britain in the mid-1950s as a description for "rock and roll and the new youth
music styles that it influenced", was developed by British artists like the Beatles
and the Rolling Stones, whom among other British musicians led rock and roll's
transition into rock music.

Music in the British Isles, from the earliest recorded times until the Baroque and
the rise of recognizably modern classical music, was a diverse and rich culture,
including sacred and secular music and ranging from the popular to the elite.
Each of the major nations of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales retained
unique forms of music and of instrumentation, but British music was highly
influenced by continental developments, while British composers made an
important contribution to many of the major movements in early music in
Europe, including the polyphony of the Ars Nova and laid some of the
foundations of later national and international classical music. Musicians from
the British Isles also developed some distinctive forms of music, including
Celtic chant, the Contenance Angloise, the rota, polyphonic votive antiphons
and the carol in the medieval era.

Church music and religious music were profoundly affected by the Protestant
Reformation which affected Britain from the 16th century, which curtailed
events associated with British music and forced the development of distinctive
national music, worship and belief. English madrigals, lute ayres and masques
in the Renaissance era led particularly to English language opera developed in
the early Baroque period of the later seventeenth century. In contrast, court
music of the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, although having
unique elements remained much more integrated into wider European culture.

The Baroque era in music, between the early music of the Medieval and
Renaissance periods and the development of fully fledged and formalised
orchestral classical music in the second half of the eighteenth century, was
characterized by more elaborate musical ornamentation, changes in musical
notation, new instrumental playing techniques and the rise of new genres such
as opera.

Musical composition, performance and training in the United Kingdom

inherited European classical traditions of the eighteenth century (above all, in
Britain, from the example of Handel) and saw a great expansion during the
nineteenth century. Romantic nationalism encouraged clear national identities
and sensibilities within the countries of the United Kingdom towards the end of
the nineteenth century, producing many composers and musicians of note and
drawing on the folk tradition.
 Types and different stages of Music.

Folk music

Each of the four countries of the United Kingdom has its own diverse and
distinctive folk music forms. Folk music flourished until the era of
industrialization when it began to be replaced by new forms of popular music,
including music hall and brass bands. Realization of this led to three folk
revivals, one in the late-19th century, one in the mid-20th century and one at the
start of the 21st century which keeps folk music as an important sub-culture
within society.

Early British popular music

In the sense of commercial music enjoyed by the people, British popular music
can be seen to originate in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with the
arrival of the broadside ballad, which were sold cheaply and in great numbers
until the nineteenth century. Further technological, economic and social
changes led to new forms of music in the 20th century, including the brass band,
which produced a popular and communal form of classical music. Similarly, the
music hall sprang up to cater for the entertainment of new urban societies,
adapting existing forms of music to produce popular songs and acts. In the
1930s, the influence of American Jazz led to the creation of British dance bands,
who provided a social and popular music that began to dominate social
occasions and the radio airwaves.

Modern British popular music

Britain has influenced popular music disproportionately to its size, due to its
linguistic and cultural links with many countries, particularly the United States
and many of its former colonies like Australia, South Africa, and Canada, and
its capacity for invention, innovation and fusion, which has led to the
development of, or participation in, many of the major trends in popular music.
Forms of popular music, including folk music, jazz, rapping/hip hop, pop and
rock music, have particularly flourished in Britain since the twentieth century.

In the early-20th century, influences from the United States became most
dominant in popular music, with young performers producing their own
versions of American music, including rock n' roll from the late 1950s and
developing a parallel music scene. During the early 1960s, the British Invasion,
led by the Beatles, further entrenched British performers as major drivers of the
development of pop and rock music. According to the website of The New
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the term "pop music" "originated in
Britain in the mid-1950s as a description for rock and roll and the new youth
music styles that it influenced".

Britain's most significant contribution to popular music during the 20th century
was towards the expansion of rock music. Progressive rock was predicated on
the "progressive" pop groups from the 1960s who combined rock and roll with
various other music styles such as Indian ragas, oriental melodies and Gregorian
chants, like the Beatles and the Yardbirds.

In addition to advancing the scope of rock music, British acts developed avant-
funk and neo soul and created acid jazz. Whilst disco is an American form of
music, British pop group Bee Gees were the most prominent performers of the
disco music era in the mid-to-late 1970s, and came be to known as the "Kings
of Disco" by media outlets. The Second British Invasion, which derived from
the British Invasion of the US in the 1960s, consisted of music acts from the
United Kingdom that became popular in the United States during the early-to-
mid 1980s primarily due to the cable music channel MTV. These synthpop and
new wave associated acts often featured on the American pop charts, and
according to Rolling Stone, brought "revolution in sound and style". New Pop
became an umbrella term used by the music industry to describe young, mostly
British, androgynous, and technologically oriented artists such as Culture Club
and Eurythmics.

During most of the 1990s, Cool Britannia—a period of increased pride in the
culture of the United Kingdom, inspired by the 1960s Swinging Sixties—was
coined due to the success of the girl band Spice Girls and Britpop acts Blur and
Oasis, which led to a renewed feeling of optimism in the United Kingdom
following the pessimistic tone of the 1970s and 1980s. The electronic subgenres
trip hop, dubstep, and industrial originated in Britain during the 1990s. During
the 21st century, blue-eyed soul came to be dominated by British singers,
including Amy Winehouse, Duffy and most notably Adele, who has broken
several sales and chart records. Adele has won more Grammy Awards than any
other woman who was born outside the US. This wave of popular British soul
singers led to a consideration of whether a third British Invasion was taking
place—this time a soul invasion—(in contrast to the 1960s rock and pop, and
1980s new wave and synthpop invasions).

English singer Ed Sheeran was the foremost folk-orientated artist of the 2010s;
the Official Charts Company named him artist of the decade, with the most
combined success in the UK album and singles charts in the 2010s. Globally,
Spotify named Sheeran the second most streamed artist of the decade. London
formed English-Irish pop boy band One Direction were one of the biggest teen
idols of the 2010s. Little Mix, a pop girl group and the winner of the eight series
of the British version of The X Factor, established themselves as the UK's
biggest girl group and one of the best-selling girl groups in the world.

Immigration musical impact

Highlighting the influence of immigrants in the United Kingdom during the 21st
century, British African-Caribbean people created grime, Afrobeats, and
afroswing. Grime has been described as the "most significant musical
development within the UK for decades."[56] In addition, British Asians have
popularized Bhangra within the South Asian diaspora.
 The Most Famous Singers in England

When you think about famous British vocalists, the first names that might come
to mind are David Bowie, John Lennon, and Elton John. With one of the largest
music industries in the world, the United Kingdom has produced singers of all
types of genres.

Some of the most legendary musicians changed the culture of music during the
British Invasion in the mid-1960s, but other notable British singers have taken
the world by storm.

Now, I am going to talk about others that are important and are recognized in
England as the best.

 David Bowie: One of the most successful and influential singers in the
20th century, David Bowie was an icon in music, pop culture, and film
for his eccentric style, experimental music, and innovative style.

 Adele: is one of the world’s best-selling singers, with over 120 million
records sold worldwide. She rose to fame with her debut album, 19, in
2008. The album later received 8x platinum certification in the UK and,
in the US, triple platinum.

 Elton John: He started playing piano at a young age and formed the
band Bluesology, which he played with from 1962 to 1967. He has sold
over 300 million records worldwide, and over 50 of his songs have been
in the Top 40 hits in the UK and US Billboard’s Hot 100.

 Freddie Mercury: Known as the lead singer and frontman for the band
Queen, Freddie Mercury is considered one of the greatest rock music
singers. His theatrical stage presence and four-octave range set him apart
from other rock singers during his time.
 Amy Winehouse: Though her, she had a short-lived career, she found
immense success with her expressive vocals in singing a variety of
genres. Winehouse found fame in 2003 with her first album Frank. Most
of the songs on the album were co-written by Winehouse.

 John Lennon: was a legendary singer-songwriter known for his

innovative music and social activism. With The Beatles, Lennon pushed
the boundaries of music with his witty lyrics and experimental
style. Lennon was a political activist later in life, and he used his music
to take a stand against social and political issues such as the Vietnam
War, writing anti-war songs such as “Give Peace A Chance” and
“Imagine.”

 Paul McCartney: is one of the world’s most successful musicians today.

He was born in 1942 in Liverpool and taught himself guitar, piano, and
songwriting. He was an integral part of The Beatles from 1960 to 1970
and co-wrote dozens of highly successful songs with John Lennon.

 Mick Jagger: you most likely have heard of the Rolling Stones, one of
the most popular and lasting rock bands from the 1960s with iconic hits
such as “Paint It Black” and “Satisfaction.” Mick Jagger wrote most of
the songs for the band with guitarist Keith Richards. He first released
solo recordings in 1985 and joined the band Superheavy in 2009.
However, most of his success has come as the frontman of The Rolling
Stones.

 Brian Johnson: was the third lead singer of the band AC/DC in 1980
when he was asked to audition for the position. He is known for his
distinctive voice and strong accent.

 Ozzy Osbourne: Informally known as the “Godfather of Metal,” Ozzy

Osbourne was the lead singer for the heavy metal band Black Sabbath
during the 1970s. He released 12 albums and received eight multi-
platinum certifications. In 1997, he rejoined Black Sabbath and recorded
their final album, 13.

 And Others…