black music
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- noun
- /blæk ˈmjuːzɪk/
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música negra
- CHE: And where has this way of thinking gotten black music?
- history of black music
- dance to black music
- black music business
Examples
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We favored Black music.
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The hard bass heat and repetitive treble patter of urban black music boomed out of the speaker.
Fiction book (1995) -
I preferred black music when white people didn't understand it.
Blog text (4) -
Zucchero and I belong to that generation that witnessed the fusion of black music and rock.
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Smethurst asserts, "Black Arts writing, particularly poetry, and the theorization of a usable cultural past based on black music often had a dialectical relationship" (66).
Academic text (2016) -
Something of a pirate station, long rumored to be sailing precariously on the lee side of the FCC and just beyond the reach of its numerous creditors, WNRK played exclusively black music.
Fiction book (1997) -
From Hatcher, who died in 1900, and his two subsequent wives (both native blacks) and their families, he must have learned North American black music, dance, jokes, and folklore, as well as patterns of kinship and social networks.
Academic text (2001) -
The influence of black music can be heard in various styles, from rock to pop.
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Many artists, including Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong, are celebrated figures in black music for their immense contributions.
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Recognizing the roots of black music is essential to understanding its impact on American culture and society.
Synonyms
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Music created by Black Americans, like spirituals, blues, and jazz
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'black music' is a straightforward composition of 'black' (relating to people/culture of African descent) + 'music', so its meaning — music produced by or associated with Black communities — is directly derivable from the constituents. This adjectival-noun combination is common cross-linguistically (e.g., 'música negra') and should be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Black music began as a simple label for songs and styles made in Black communities, often using rhythms and singing from church and from work songs. Because these roots grew into styles like blues, jazz, gospel and hip hop, today black music usually means 'music created by Black artists' or music that comes from those traditions.