Презентация на тему Music in great Britain

the songs sung and dance music played by ordinary

people. Passed from village to village and handed down in the unwritten form from generation to generation.

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1920s
People listened to ragtime and jazz. These styles originated

in the USA, but still were very popular in Great Britain.

Ragtime has lively and springy rhythms, and therefore it is ideal for dancing. Its name is believed to be a contraction of the term “ragged time,” which refers to its rhythmically broken up melodies.

were the 'King of the Swing', as were Glenn

Miller and Artie Shaw.

Artie Shaw

Glenn Miller

led to dances being banned from dance halls, as

the young women being flung into the air by their partners showed their stocking tops and underwear.
Jazz continued to be popular.

(and often American) dance music - boogie-woogie or jitterbug.

Dances were held in church halls, village halls, clubs, Air Force bases - everywhere!

and tea chests, as part of their set of

instruments! Tommy Steele, who later became very famous, first played in a skiffle band.

After the war 'skiffle' bands became popular.

Since that time, it became one of the best

selling music forms. Such bands as Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd are known around the world
Rock’n’Roll wasn’t just a musical style, it also influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language. This new music tried to break boundaries and express the real emotions that people were feeling, but didn't talk about.

leapt to fame in 1963 with 'Please, Please Me'

favourites of the 'flower power' generation - many young

people enjoyed 'hippie' music.

the 1970s was “Glam Rock”. In the bleak political

backdrop, these British bands and characters brought a welcome relief with their platform boots, sequins, nail varnish and colourful hair.

David Bowie, Elton John and of course Gary Glitter
David

Bowie

Elton John

British bands of this scene were The Sex Pistols

and The Clash.
The Punk style was Mohicans, bondage clothes, safety pins, piercings and bovver boots.

of hip hop and rap music, with American influences

powerful once again in the form of such groups as Run DMC and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Run DMC

Grandmaster Flash

of the 'New Romantics', typified by groups like Adam

and the Ants, who dressed as pirates and highway men and wore huge amounts of makeup.

name given in the 1990s to a new wave

of successful British bands who made a big impact in the United States and Europe, as well as in England.

Oasis, Blur, Pulp.

appeared in Great Britain, which was called trip-hop.
Trip-Hop is

the true opposite of the Pop genre.

Its unique sound employs the usage of jazz instruments and melancholy themes mixed with the world of keyboards to create break beat rhythms.
Most popular trip-hop artists are Massive Attack, Morcheeba, Portishead, The Chemical Brothers, Tricky.

Portishead

Tricky

styles and genres. So the musical life in England

is various and diversified.
One of the most popular modern music genres is indie.
Derived from "independent", it describes the small and relatively low-budget labels on which it is released and the do-it-yourself attitude of the bands and artists involved.
Indie rock has been identified as a reaction against the "macho" culture that developed in alternative rock.

Music in Britain today

Famous indie-rock band “Arctic Monkeys”

Britain.
Mika is a world famous singer-songwriter.

post-hardcore
Hardcore punk typically features very fast tempos, loud volume,

and heavy bass levels, as well as a "do-it-yourself" ethic.
Post-hardcore includes screaming as the major vocalization technique within most songs, with melodic singing at other times.

with elements of various electronic genres. They are quite

popular not only in GB, but also in the USA and here in Russia.