中美流行音乐对比.ppt

Major Types of Pop Music Jazz Folk RB Hip-Hop Country Music Classical RockRoll Electric Music History of Pop Music In the mid-18th century, pop music was born under the influence of the industrial revolution in Europe, then it spread to North America quickly and lifted the pop music current in Europe and the United States for two hundred years. Pop music is close to our life, easy to understand and sing aloud, so it is widely circulated quickly. History of American Music In the 1880s, as the popular music center, America had the rich variety of artists in different style and talent. There are 3 stages in American pop music history because of the special social and culture background in the United States. First stage started after the First World War and ended before the Second World War. Jazz originated in the southern America. Its a product combined black African music and European music, which is a component of black culture. History of American Music The next stage is after the Second World War. Rock and blues were into the mainstream. Strong sense of rhythm and bizarre dress up reflected the youths desire to break through the tradition. The representative is Elvis. And in this period, the British band Beatles influenced American rock music profoundly. History of American Music In the third phase that is after the 1970s, the type of pop music is more diverse. The most famous super star is Michael Jackson. He combined music and dance so perfectly that pushed pop music to the peak. New generation such as Backstreet Boys and Beyonce then Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber today owned million of fans all over the world. They have large influence and become cultural icons. With the deepening of the Reform and Opening-up, flooding of recorders and tapes made pop songs in Hongkong and Taiwan rise in mainland China such as Beyond and DengLijun. In China, pop music originated in some culture-prosperous and open-minded plac