Cultural Heritage of the USA

MusicMusic

DiversityDiversity of music in the US of music in the US

EducationEducation

• The Juilliard School is a performing arts conservatory. It is located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York.

• The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University is a conservatory and preparatory school. It is located in the Mount Vernon in Maryland.

• The Music Academy of the West is a music conservatory. It is located in Montecito.

Lincoln CenterLincoln Center

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York.

Great American songbookGreat American songbook

• It is the book with the best American songs

• For a period from the 1920s to 1960s

• Music of Broadway theatre, musical theatre, Hollywood musicals

BillboardBillboard

• Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry.

• It is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world.

• It contains music charts track the most popular songs.

LabelsLabels

There are 4 most powerful company in the world:

• Universal Music Group• Sony BMG Music

Entertainment• EMI Group• Warner Music Group

Musical styles

• blues• jazz• rhythm and blues• soul• rock and roll• country music• hip hop • pop music

BluesBlues

Also called “Work songs”

John Lee Hooker

B. B. King

JazzJazz

“No America, no jazz.” Art Blakey

Louis Armstrong

Фрэнк Синатра

RRhythm and blueshythm and blues

Roy Brown

Big Joe Turner

SoulSoul

James Brown Tina Turner

Rock and rollRock and roll

• Elvis Presley

• Carl Perkins

Country musicCountry music

• Johnny Cash

• Garth Brooks

Hip HopHip HopAlso called Rap

• Cypress Hill

• Snoop Dogg

Pop musicPop music

• Madonna

• Whitney Houston

ReferencesReferences

• http://houserock.ru/

• http://orpheusmusic.ru/

• http://wikipedia.org/