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The term Creole music (French: musique créole) is used to refer to two distinct musical traditions: art songs adapted from 19th-century vernacular music; or the vernacular traditions of Louisiana Creole people which have persisted as 20th- and 21st-century la la and zydeco in addition to influencing Cajun music.
The Louisiana Creole Heritage Center defines Creoles as “people of mixed French, African, Spanish, and Native American ancestry, most of who reside in or have familial ties to Louisiana." Using either definition, Zydeco is “Creole music,” created and performed by Creoles.
Creole. An exacting definition of Creole is not in order for its definitive origins and nature are highly debated. The musical style developed in New Orleans and in areas of the immediate and adjacent South. Lyrically the texts are from the French patois (patter) with which the French used to communicate with slaves.
Mauritian Creole or Morisien ( formerly spelled Morisyen; native name: kreol morisien [kʁeol moʁisjɛ̃, - moʁiʃɛ̃]) is a French-based creole language spoken in Mauritius. English words are included in the standardized version of the language.
- 1,090,000 (2012 UNSD), 1,335,000 total speakers, L2 speakers: 200,000 (2016)
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In chapter three, we assess the current situation of French and Creole in Louisiana and look at efforts to preserve and promote them. To give students a more concrete idea of just what we mean by “Louisiana (Cajun) French” and “Louisiana Creole,” Chapters Four and Five present the most salient structural features of each of these ...
List of creole languages. English-based creole languages, sometimes abbreviated English creoles; French-based creole languages, also termed Bourbonnais creole or Mascarene creole in western Indian Ocean islands; Music. Creole music, a genre of folk music in Louisiana, the United States; Performers and record labels
Creole music. Indigenous mus. of Lat. Amer. Has distinctive rhythms, and melodies often acc. by a short bass phrase much repeated with slight changes. The castanets are used. Source for information on Creole music: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music dictionary.