Talk:Music history of the United States during the colonial era

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Added a lead ˜˜˜˜ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lily huval (talk • contribs) 20:01, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

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I removed the below section from the article. If there was anything that could accurately be labeled "jazz" before 1900, it was not yet of national importance. The below text seems not to deal only with post 1900 aspects, and IMO the link to Cajun music is dubious (and need I say that Cajun culture is not native to New Orleans as seems to be implied). -- Infrogmation 00:40, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Jazz
- Jazz was a fusion of African rhythms with European melodies and harmonies, resulting in a highly-variable, diverse genre that came to include both popular styles like swing, popularized in the 1920s to the 1940s, as well as avant-garde art music like bebop and cool jazz, which catered to intellectuals, especially blacks associated with the Black Power and Civil Rights Movements. Early jazz was associated primarily with New Orleans, and a local, Cajun influence can be seen in the genre's instrumentation and form, which developed in the 19th century.

Shape note
Hello, why are shape notes discussed in this article? Shape notes were invented around 1801, a full quarter century after the end of the colonial era. Opus33 (talk) 20:58, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

What a mess.
I dislike striking the lead paragraph entirely, but it's nothing but anachronisms and irrelevancies. Neither Mozart nor Haydn penetrated America during the colonial era, the Marine Band wasn't founded until two decades later, and it's tough to claim that opera was popular in the colonial era when the first one to be performed in the US wasn't until 1790. The rest of the article is of a piece, jampacked with unsupported and uncited assertions, and requires much work.   Ravenswing   07:24, 23 May 2012 (UTC)