European popular music
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| - | :''[[Europe]], [[popular music]], [[European music]], [[history of music]]'' | + | |
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| - | '''European popular music''' started with [[anacreontics]] and [[wine, women and song]]. It is closely linked with the [[history of poetry]]. | + | |
| - | ==Antiquity== | + | |
| - | :''[[Music in antiquity]]'' | + | |
| - | ==Middle Ages== | + | |
| - | :''[[Medieval music]], [[troubadour]]'' | + | |
| - | ==18th century== | + | |
| - | :''[[18th century music]], [[Vaudeville (song)]]'' | + | |
| - | ==19th century== | + | |
| - | :''[[19th century music]], [[music hall]], [[cabaret]], [[café-chantant]], [[salon music]]'' | + | |
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| - | ==20th century== | + | |
| - | :''[[20th century music]]'' | + | |
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| - | ==Post WWII== | + | |
| - | :''[[Post WWII]]'' | + | |
| - | [[Europe]] has imported many different genres of music, mainly [[American popular music]], ranging from Blues, Jazz, Soul, Pop, Rap, Hip-Hop, R'n'B, Dance, etc. UK has been most successful in re-exporting this type of music and creating many of its own genres with [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Elton John]], [[Pink Floyd]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[David Bowie]], [[Deep Purple]], [[Sex Pistols]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[The Clash]], [[Van Morrison]], [[Dire Straits]], [[Fleetwood Mac]], [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], [[George Michael]], [[Pet Shop Boys]], [[Phil Collins]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[The Who]], [[Eurythmics]], [[Dusty Springfield]], [[The Cure]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Def Leppard]], [[Duran Duran]], [[Iron Maiden]], [[Radiohead]], [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[Coldplay]], [[The Police]], [[Robbie Williams]], [[Bee Gees]], [[Spice Girls]], [[UB40]] and [[Amy Winehouse]]. | + | |
| - | ==By region== | + | |
| - | Other European popular musicians are [[U2]] (Ireland), [[ABBA]] (Sweden), [[a-ha]] (Norway), [[Andrea Bocelli]] (Italy), [[Julio Iglesias]] (Spain), [[Nana Mouskouri]] (Greece/France), [[Boney M.]] (Germany), [[Charles Aznavour]] (France), [[Johnny Hallyday]] (France), [[Modern Talking]] (Germany), [[Scorpions]] (Germany), [[Rammstein]] (Germany) [[Ace of Base]] (Sweden), [[Enya]] (Ireland), [[James Last]] (Germany), [[Doda (singer)|Doda]] (Poland), [[Jean Michel Jarre]] (France), [[Roxette]] (Sweden)... The [[Eurovision Song Contest]]. Main festivals : Glastonbury (UK), [[Wacken]] (Germany), Benicassim (Spain), Roskilde (Denmark). | + | |
| - | [[EMI]] is the largest European music company. | + | |
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| - | ==Problems of defintion== | + | |
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| - | Please compare | + | |
| - | * "[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22European+popular+music%22&btnG=Search European popular music"], only 2,510 found at Google, and number one on the list is [[parlor music]] | + | |
| - | * "[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22American+popular+music%22&btnG=Search American popular music"]"[[American popular music]]", about 227,000 for "American popular music" | + | |
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| - | If European popular music exists, it is not defined. | + | |
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| - | == See also == | + | |
| - | *[[European Hot 100 Singles]] | + | |
| - | *[[European music]] | + | |
| - | *[[Euro disco]] | + | |
| - | *[[European popular film]] | + | |
| - | *[[European folk music]] | + | |
| - | *[[French popular music]] | + | |
| - | *[[Italian popular music]] | + | |
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