Музыка Америки – American Music
Поскольку Соединенные Штаты Америки населены в основном европейцами, неудивительно, что классическая музыка и народные песни были заимствованы ими из Европы. Бетховен, Брамс, Дебюсси, Чайковский, Стравинский, Бах, Моцарт и Верди – вот всего лишь несколько имен европейских композиторов, чьи произведения всегда присутствуют в концертных программах.
Английские, ирландские, шотландские народные песни всегда были очень популярны, и многие поколения даже не осознают того, что поют песни иностранного происхождения. Но самый большой вклад
Перевод на английский:
Since the United States was settled by Europeans, it is not surprising that classical music and folk songs were brought over from that continent. Beethoven, Brahms, Debusay, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Bach, Mozart and Verdi are but a few names of European composers often been on orchestra or opera programs. English, Irish, Scottish folk songs are sung very often and have been sung in America by so many generations that Americans are not even conscious that these songs are of foreign origin. But the greatest contribution to American music, however, has been made by the Negroes in the South. Negro songs are now part of the nation’s most precious musical heritage. Perhaps the Negro’s greatest contribution to American music has been jazz and rhythm-and-blues. Most contemporary music works root deeply in those styles. After the Civil War some of the brass instruments of the Confederate military bands fell into the hands of the Negroes, and the result was all kinds of rhythmical and melodic experiments. Thus jazz, free of conventions and written arrangements, was born. Such composers as Aaron Copland and George Gershwin in America and Stravinsky in Europe have been influenced by American jazz. And one can say that rhythm-and-blues was the beginning of modern dancing music.
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