Literature

Literature

Of or pertaining to the art of writing in any form or style, most especially published works.

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Folk

Literature; Genre

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival. The term originated in the 19th century but is often applied to ...

Caribbean

Literature; Genre

Caribbean music genres are diverse. They are each syntheses of African, European, Indian and Indigenous influences, largely created by descendants of African slaves (see ...

Latin American

Literature; Genre

Latin American music encompasses rhythms and styles originated or related to Latin America and its influence in the United States and several European countries such as Spain or ...

Blues

Literature; Genre

Blues is a musical form and genre that originated in African-American communities in the "Deep South" of the United States around the end of the 19th century from ...

Jazz

Literature; Genre

Jazz is a type of American music that originated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in the Southern United States as a combination of European harmony and forms ...

Pop

Literature; Genre

Pop music (a term that originally derives from an abbreviation of "popular") is a genre of popular music which originated in its modern form in the 1950s, deriving from ...

Rock

Literature; Genre

Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s ...