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	British Music
		Music of the United Kingdom, along with that of the United States, arguably has one of the greatest effects on modern music worldwide.
		British music in the 60s also saw a roots revival of folk music, beginning with England and Northern Ireland before spreading to Scotland, Wales and, eventually, even smaller cultural regions like Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Northumbria.
		The reaction against progressive rock was swift, as the genre came to be perceived as needlessly obscure and inaccessible; a new generation of British youth hated progressive rock and the bombastic, indulgent sounds of heavy metal, disco and glam.
	www.jgames.co.uk /title/British_Music (1746 words)

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		The New Ordinances of 1311 were a series of regulations imposed upon King Edward II, by the peerage and clergy of England, to restrict the power of the king.
		Project Lauren is a codename for a planned subsidiary of British Airways that intends to operate flights between the United States and Europe that bypass the United Kingdom [1][2][3][4][5].
		Combatants Christendom, Catholicism West European Christians, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Seljuks, Arabs and other Muslims The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the dual goals of liberating the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslims and freeing the Eastern Christians from Muslim...
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	Music of the United Kingdom (1950s and 60s) - Wikinfo
		The economy of the United States was booming, and the images on TV made it appear as though American teens were able to purchase much that the British could not.
		While rock music and its country-influenced cousin, rockabilly, topped the American charts, a group of blues musicians started to become very popular in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
		The early 60s had seen only some British flirtation with true rock; artists like Cliff Richard were popular, and played a distinct variation of rock, but without the stylistic innovation that was soon to define British rock.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Music_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1950s_and_60s) (8616 words)

	Musical genre
		Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common.
		Modern bluegrass music has remained mostly traditional, though progressive bluegrass[?] and close harmony[?] groups do exist, and the sound is the primary basis for jam bands like the Grateful Dead.
		Soul emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s as an outgrowth of gospel and rock and roll.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mu/Musical_genre.html (2037 words)

	Music of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British music in the 60s also saw a roots revival of folk music, beginning with England and Northern Ireland before spreading to Scotland, Wales and, eventually, even smaller cultural regions like Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Northumbria.
		The reaction against progressive rock was swift, as the genre came to be perceived as needlessly obscure and inaccessible; a new generation of British youth hated progressive rock and the bombastic, indulgent sounds of heavy metal, disco and glam.
		The 1970s saw tremendous changes in folk music as well, which saw the development of folk-rock fusions and powerful singer-songwriter traditions and the evolution of popular forms of folk-based music from the United Kingdom's Jamaican and Indian immigrant communities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_the_United_Kingdom (1437 words)

	Popular 60s Music
		It stands in contrast to classical music, which historically was the music of elites or the upper strata of society, and traditional folk music which was shared non-commercially.
		The United Kingdom until the late 50s, though, there were British R&B performers into the roots of British popular music 1950s and 60s: Importation and exportation 1970s 1980s 1990s The roots of rock, towards an American folk form called the blues.
		Music of the 20th century and into the roots of British popular music for the rest of the era are spotlighted, including Ringo Starr, Charlie Watts, Keith Moon, Mitch Mitchell, Hal Blaine, and other hitmaking pressure sessions are amusingly revealed in this rare glimpse into a golden age of music.
	po55.mausoleumrec.com /popular60smusic.html (1156 words)

	Music of the United Kingdom (1950s and 60s) at AllExperts
		The roots of British popular music for the rest of the 20th century and into the next were set during the 1950s.
		The economy of the United States was booming, and the images on TV made it appear as though American teens were able to purchase much that the British could not.
		This music was wild and energetic, and often rough and unpolished.
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/mu/music_of_the_united_kingdom_(1950s_and_60s).htm (3443 words)

	ipedia.com: Music of Ireland Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ireland is internationally known for its folk music, which has remained a vibrant tradition throughout the 20th century, when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to pop music.
		Music and lyrics are passed aurally/orally, and were rarely written down until recently (depending upon your definition of "recently", there are many examples of written music previous to the 1800's).
		Structural units are symmetrical and include decorations of the rhythm, text, melody and phrasing, though not usually of dynamics, due to instrumentation issues while Irish music was developing.
	www.ipedia.com /music_of_ireland.html (1906 words)

	Music of the United Kingdom (1970s) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Heavy metal music grew into hair metal in the United States, and other American metal bands like Blue Öyster Cult, Aerosmith and KISS helped move the UK from the forefront of the metal world.
		Roxy Music arose during this period, and managed to maintain critical acclaim and launch the careers of both Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno.
		Louisa Marks' "Caught You in a Lie" began a major craze for lovers rock music at the end of the decade, and the genre soon became popular across the United Kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281970s%29 (2022 words)

	Music of the United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Music from the United Kingdom has achieved great international popularity since the 1960s, when the British Invasion peaked.
		Main article: Music of the United Kingdom (1950s and 60s) The 1950s saw most of the world that had access to records listening to American rock and roll, especially the country -rock hybrid rockabilly, exemplified by superstars like Elvis Presley and Bill Haley.
		Britpop was a fusion of all the alternative rock stylings of the previous two decades, with a special focus on neo-psychedelia and it began to dominate the charts, while house techno music and its various subgenres, and the entire club culture, became increasingly mainstream.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Music_of_the_United_Kingdom.html (1482 words)

	Music of the United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: )
		British music in the 60s saw a roots revival of folk music beginning with England and Northern Ireland before spreading to Scotland Wales and eventually even smaller cultural regions Cornwall the Isle of Man and Northumbria.
		The 1970s saw tremendous changes in music as well which saw the development folk-rock fusions and powerful singer-songwriter traditions and the evolution of popular of folk-based music from the United Kingdom's and Indian immigrant communities.
		Britpop was a fusion of all the rock stylings of the previous two decades a special focus on neo-psychedelia and it to dominate the charts while house techno music and its various subgenres and the club culture became increasingly mainstream.
	www.freeglossary.com /Music_of_the_United_Kingdom (1227 words)

	Music of the United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 1950s saw most of the world that had access to records listening to American rock and roll, especially the country -rock hybrid rockabilly, exemplified by superstars like Elvis Presley and Bill Haley.
		The reaction against progressive rock wasswift, as the genre came to be perceived as needlessly obscure and inaccessible; a new generation of British youth hatedprogressive rock and the bombastic, indulgent sounds of heavy metal, disco and glam.
		Britpop was a fusion of all the alternative rock stylings of the previous twodecades, with a special focus on neo-psychedelia and it began to dominate the charts, while house techno music and its various subgenres, and theentire club culture, becameincreasingly mainstream.
	www.therfcc.org /music-of-the-united-kingdom-16242.html (1130 words)

	Dub Poetry - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
		This Jamaican expat (a resident of London since the early '80s) is the dub poet at the front of PUCKO Music.
		During the late 1950s, the popular Caribbean mento and calypso sounds began to combine in Jamaica with the vocal influences of U.S. soul and R&B. Initially this resulted in the sweet vocals and fast rhythms of ska.
		This in turn led, by the end of that decade, to the hiccuping skank of reggae.
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	MSN Music in Concert: Paolo Nutini
		His affinity for classic soul elements was underscored by his signing to Atlantic Records, home to seminal R&B stylists from the 1950s and '60s such as Ray Charles and Otis Redding.
		The younger Nutini traces his musical education to his grandfather, who introduced him to Scottish folk songs as well as a broader range of artists and styles.
		"These Streets" was an immediate success in the United Kingdom, debuting near the top of the British album chart with the first single, "Last Request," entering the top five on the singles chart upon release.
	music.msn.com /paolonutini/bio (480 words)

	The Student Zone - New Releases - Music Release: The Rainbow Family Release Album 'This is Not A Circular'
		Music Release: The Rainbow Family Release Album 'This is Not A Circular'
		It’s as simple as that.” ‘Baxter’s Revenge,’ complete with its lush strings and bubbling electronica, pays homage to Rainbow Family icon, Les Baxter: “He was a composer from the 60s and 70s who made exotica music and we wanted to create something of that essence,” says Marco.
		A career in music was unavoidable, he gigged all over the globe with bands The Marbles and Palomino, and has worked with production legends Trevor Horn and Ron St Germain.
	www.thestudentzone.com /article/31650 (541 words)

	Music history of the United States
		In Louisiana, Cajun and Creole music was adding influences from blues and generating some regional hit records, while Appalachian folk music was spawning jug bands, honky tonk bars and close harmony duets, which were to evolve into the pop-folk of the 1940s, bluegrass and country.
		By the 1950s, the anti-Communism scare was in full swing, and some performers with a liberal or socialist bent were fllisted from the music industry.
		Merle Haggard led the rise of the Bakersfield Sound in the 60s, when the perceived superficiality of the Nashville Sound led to a national wave that almost entirely switched country music's capital and sound within the space of a few years.
	music.information-free.com /American-music/Music_history_of_the_United_States.html (4801 words)

	Irish Music
		Music and lyrics are passed aurally/orally, and were rarely written down until recently (depending upon your definition of "recently", there are many examples of written music previous to 1800).
		The two primary rows thus contain the notes of two musical keys, such as C and G. Each row is divided in two with five buttons playing lower-pitched notes of the given key on the left-hand end of the instrument and five buttons playing the higher pitched notes on the right-hand end.
		The fashionability of Irish folk music at this time may be judged from the huge success that non-Irish band The Waterboys enjoyed with their albums Fisherman's Blues and Room to Roam, both of which are full of Irish folk influences.
	www.irishpast.com /Irish_music.html (4373 words)

	Music of the united kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Start the Music of the united kingdom article or add a request for it.
		Look for "Music of the united kingdom" in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project.
		Look for "Music of the united kingdom" in the Wikimedia Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/music_of_the_united_kingdom (200 words)

	Music in the UK (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Music in the UK Music in the UK Music from the UnitedKingdom has achieved great international popularity since the 1960s, whenthe British Invasion peaked.
		Scottish folk music includes many kinds of songs, including ballads and laments, sung by a single singer with accompaniment by bagpipes, fiddles or harps.Traditional dances include waltzes, reels, strathspeys and jigs.
		The 1970s saw tremendous changes in folk music as well, which saw the development of folk-rock fusions and powerful singer-songwriter traditions and the evolution of popular forms of folk-based music from the UnitedKingdom's Jamaican and Indian immigrant communities.
	www.therfcc.org /music-in-the-uk-123033.html (1138 words)

	Music genre (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In common usage, "classical music" often refers to orchestral music in general, regardless of when it was composed or for what purpose (film scores and orchestral arrangements on pop music recordings, for example).
		Melodic music is a term that covers various genres of non-classical music which are primarily characterised by the dominance of a single strong melody line.
		Melodic music is found in all parts of the world, overlapping many genres, and may be performed by a singer or orchestra, or a combination of the two.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Music_genre (5206 words)

	AllRefer.com - gospel music (Music: Popular And Jazz) - Encyclopedia
		In the fl culture of the first half of the 20th cent., gospel music was considered antithetical to blues and jazz, despite their similarity of origins, and gospel performers rarely sang in nonreligious settings.
		A strong gospel element underlies the "soul" jazz and rock music of the 1950s and 60s.
		While the greatest era in gospel is widely considered to be c.1945–1965, the tradition and the music remain vital in contemporary culture.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/gospelmu.html (488 words)

	Rock music history
		The music is often very elaborate and generally requires very exceptional musicians with a great deal of talent.
		Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music which is often used to refer to bands that are on small independent or "indie" record labels or who aren't on labels at all.
		Alternative music was a phrase invented in early 80s describing bands which broke from the barrage of pop and hair metal and formed a new direction of more focused and honest rock.
	www.silver-dragon-records.com /museum_of_music.htm (2510 words)

	Music of the United Kingdom
		Music from the United Kingdom has achieved great international popularity since the 1960s, when a wave of British musicians helped to popularize rock and roll.
		British music in the 60s also saw a roots revival of folk music, beginning with England and Northern Ireland before spreading to Scotland, Wales and, eventually, even smaller cultural regions like Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Northumbria.
		The reaction against progressive rock was swift, as the genre came to be perceived as needlessly obscure and inaccessible; a new generation of British youth hated progressive rock and the bombastic, indulgent sounds of heavy metal, disco and glam.
	home.doramail.com /uk_unitedkingdom:doramail.com/music-of-the-united-kingdom.htm (1179 words)

	LyricsVault: History of music; Punk
		Punk rock, is a largely musical movement that arose in the mid to late 1970s and reached its peak of popularity in the early 1980s.
		Punk rock is the anti-establishment music movement of the period 1976-80, exemplified by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and The Damned.
		This term is also used to describe subsequent music scenes that share key characteristics with those first-generation "punks." The term is sometimes also applied to the fashions or the irreverent "do-it-yourself" attitude associated with this musical movement.
	www.lyricsvault.net /history/punk.html (1561 words)

	Global Pop Course Notes
		This all-acoustic music was popular in the early 20th century and was rarely recorded, remaining isolated in the obscurity of Jamaica’s local folk culture.
		The hallmark of ska music is the guitar or piano accents on the "upbeat," or "off beat." Ska marked the true beginning of Jamaican popular music, coming to prominence during the early and mid-60s right around the time the island was granted its independence.
		As is the case with hip-hop music in the United States, reggaeton appeals primarily to youths.
	www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu /courses/fall/2006/25/notes6.html (2824 words)

	Middle East Music (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The griots of West Africa are a group of traveling singers and poets, whose musical style is reminiscent of hip hop.
		The music of ancient Egypt has not been documented, but some musicologists believe that the liturgical music of the Coptic Church is directly descended from ancient Egyptian music.
		undergoing a renaissance in the ancient forms of folk music indigenous to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland This article is an overview of the Music of the United Kingdom series.
	www.middleeastresources.com /middle/Middle+East+Music (948 words)

	Center of Latin American Studies KU
		The cha cha chá is a musical genre for singing and dancing, derived from the danzón with a distant French influence.
		Chamamé is a musical genre from northeastern rural Argentina, bordering Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
		Music of the Miskito recorded at Ahuas near the Patuca river in Honduras during both religious and secular occasions.
	www2.ku.edu /~latamst/musicalindex.htm (4062 words)

	Blackface Summary
		Blackface is a style of theatrical makeup that originated in the United States, used to affect the countenance of an iconic, racist, American archetype, that of the darky or coon.
		In the execution of authentic fl music and the percussive, polyrhythmic tradition of "pattin' Juba", when the only instruments performers used were their hands and feet, clapping and slapping their bodies and shuffling and stomping their feet, fl troupes particularly excelled.
		By the 1950s and '60s, particularly in Europe, where it was more widely tolerated, flface became a kind of outré, camp convention in some artistic circles.
	www.bookrags.com /Blackface (6290 words)

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