Learn about the history of music from various cultures and historical time periods.
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European slave traders brought Africans to the New World on ships as early as the 1400s. These voyages across the Atlantic Ocean are called the Middle Passage. It was a terrible experience for the...
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Bob Masteller shares how The Harlem Renaissance was the most exciting period in the history of jazz. The Harlem Renaissance took place in Harlem, New York between the end of World War I and the middle...
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Watch a brief animated history of music. TRANSCRIPT I don't know about you, but I can't live without my music! It is like my main thing - when I am chillin' I gotta be tuned in. So check it out -...