How are you?
Following the last week, I am going to
start my 28th lecture.
I had conducted music lectures at Art
Collage JANG in Seoul, South Korea every Saturday from March 2015 to December
2017.
I am going to introduce some of the music
in the lecture with a brief overview of the lecture by the lecture’s order
every Saturday.
Please refer to the following link for my
previous lectures.
The 28th lecture for today is "World
Music: America".
This lecture was the 28th lecture of “ACJ
Music Academy”, which was held on 7 November 2015.
‘American folk music’ includes a variety of
genres of music, of which traditional American music is called ‘Roots Music’.
‘Roots music’ is a wide-ranged music
category, including ‘Gospel’, ‘Appalachian Music’, ‘Cajun Music’ and ‘Native
American Music’.
These music are both native music in
America and the music developed in America from the foreign countries, and they
are called Roots music because they were served as the basis for the music
later developed in America.
Some examples of Roots music are as
follows.
1. Cajun Music
A typical ‘Louisiana’ music, rooted in the
French-speaking ‘Acadian’ ballads in Canada. Cajun Music is often mentioned
along with ‘Zydeco’, based on the ‘Creole’ and influenced by Cajun Music, both
of which have the same origin from Acadia. This French-Louisiana music has
influenced American popular music for decades, especially ‘Country Music’.
2. Appalachian Music
Traditional music from the ‘Appalachian’ region
of the eastern America. It is rooted in a variety of European and African
music, including English ballad songs, Irish and Scottish traditional music
(especially fiddle music), hymns and African-American blues. Beginning with the
first recording in the 1920s, Appalachian Music had a significant impact on the
early developments of ‘Country Music’ and ‘Bluegrass’, and played a central
role for ‘American Folk Music Revival’ movement.
The main instruments used to play the
Appalachian music are banjos, American fiddles, dulcimers and guitars.
Country and Bluegrass artists such as
‘Loretta Lynn’, ‘Dolly Parton’, ‘Earl Scruggs’, ‘Chet Atkins’ and ‘Don Reno’
were significantly influenced by traditional Appalachian music.
3. Oklahoma/Southern Plains of America
Native Americans used songs and musical
instruments, and for them music and dance were essential elements of their
social activities. The musical center of the Native Americans in the Southern
Plains was the ‘drum’, which was called the ‘heartbeat’ of Native American
music in the Plains. Most of these genres can be traced back to hunting and war
activities, which are the basis of plain culture. During the period of ‘Indian
Reservation’, the Native Americans used music to soothe boredom and despair and
they exchanged songs and dances with their neighbors, which is a part of the
modern ‘powwow’ roots between tribes.
Today, I will introduce 3 music as follows:
1. J'ai Passe Devant ta Porte-The Balfa
Brothers (Cajun Music)
2. The Grave of Little Mary Phagan-Fiddlin'
John Carson (Appalachian Music)
3. Prophecy Song–Joanne Shenandoah (Native
American Music)
You can listen to all the songs from
following YouTube link.
Next week, I will lecture "World
Music: Australia" as my 29th lecture.
Thank you.
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