[WesternCulture]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24yUUHYlJEI

[yarddog]

I wonder if Bluegrass is considered totally American.

I don’t consider Jazz as music.

[Squawk 8888]

Scott Joplin & George Gershwin for starters, not to mention Dvorak who worked as a music teacher in New York. Also, jazz, bluegrass & gospel are uniquely American styles.

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[Brother Cracker]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music

[Sawdring]

You Europeans haven't made anything good since 99 Luftalloons.

[ClearCase_guy]

Virtually all of America's music comes from negroes and I will openly say I am not proud of it, and it think it has been destructive to our society. The jungle beat is not the heart beat of advancing civilization.

I would not have said that 10 years ago -- but Obama and Holder have freed me to join the honest conversation about race which is so long overdue.

[Navy Patriot]

Jazz, Blues, Rock 'n Roll>

Fear not, I still love ABBA and the Swedish Bikini Team.

[RegulatorCountry]

What has Sweden done for it, lol?

[SkyDancer]

Well at least true gentlemen don’t play the accordion in public.

[reed13k]

Gospel, Ragtime, soul, jazz, rock-n-roll, heavy metal, punk ... I’d think that’s a decent contribution

[mojito]

Wow, such a long time frame. Katy Perry? 50 cent?

Did you just graduate from high school?

Listen to some Count Basie and Duke Ellington - how’s that for European royalty? - and then get back to me.

[reg45]

I agree with Dennis Prager who said that the “good” music is being written for movie scores.

[trisham]

Jazz. Bluegrass. Rock and Roll, baby! Motown.

Frank Sinatra. :)

[johniegrad]

The prototypical American symphonic composer is Aaron Copland. If you are not familiar with him, don’t post crap like this from your insular Scandanavian view.

[BusterBear]

He’s comparing apples to oranges. He takes European classical music and compares it to American pop music. He should try comparing European classical music to American classical music or else European pop music to American pop music.

But he’s probably too ignorant to know about any of the American classical composers.

[Drew68]

Stupid thread. Let’s compare Hemingway with J.K. Rowling while we’re at it.

[Mears]

Leonard Cohen.

Canadian.

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[Navy Patriot]

Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated in Sweden

[Reverend Wright]

i think the problem is that western civilization peaked before 1914, and western music along with it.

it’s at the high art level that standards have fallen the most.

almost all recently composed classical music or opera is just awful, and also forgettable.

in terms of popular entertainment, it’s not obvious to me that country music is that much better or worse than 19 century european folk music.

i exclude rap and heavy metal from the discussion, because, in my view, art has to be made by humans

[Mears]

George Gershwin. “Rhapsody in Blue”.

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