用英语写一篇关于美国的音乐
最好有各派的代表人物……一定要是英文的,谢谢了
参考答案:The most glorious gift America has given the world is jazz.jazz originated in the music of africans shipped to america as slaves.the music was enriched through the slave experience.and later through african-american struggles for freedom.blended with the music of other immigrant groups.jazz has spawned most american music forms popular around the world today.
Another uniquely american genre.broadway musical thertre.also owes much to jazz though it has its toots in th experience of eruopean immigrants.the shows play in big ornate theatres on or near broadway in new york city ,and are then acted by road companies in cities and towns across america,then people hear the songs over and over again on the radio and on recordings.in this way the tunes and lyrics of broadway musical have become an integral part of american life and culture.until world war 1.broadway imitated the old fashioned eruopean models its writers brought from their homelands.but eh post war generation born to these immigrants was raised in the u s a .the shows new settings.themes and characters break down social barriers.cross class and even race lines.the upper classed are usrally made fun of .while working folks .and even the underclass of thugs and thieves are made human and lovable .hte language is never high brwo but in the idiom of ordinary people .the songs are easy to remember .so the tunes are hummed or whistled.and the lyrics sung by millions of americans to this day.we sing them in hte shower.on family car trips.as we go about our daily tasks.there are songs to match any mood wehappen to be in.
as i began work on each unit of this book .i found that old broadway tunes just popped into my head.weather.oh.