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Creole music. 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 .
- Music of Louisiana
Music of Louisiana. The music of Louisiana can be divided...
- Zydeco
New Orleans Cajun-Zydeco Fest, 2019. Zydeco ( / ˈzaɪdɪˌkoʊ,...
- Music of Louisiana
This association obscures Creole fiddle‘s unique musical and cultural history. The Creole fiddle, and its contemporary moniker zydeco fiddle, arrived in South Louisiana in the seventeenth century, coming ashore with French-speaking Africans from Saint-Domingue, now Haiti. As both slaves and free people of color, African Americans contributed ...
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Zydeco Music 101. To understand any genre of music, you must first understand the makers of that genre. Zydeco is the music of Southwest Louisiana's Black Creoles, a group of people of mixed African, Afro-Caribbean, Native American and European descent. This Black Creole society that begets zydeco is traditionally rural, French-speaking and is ...
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.
The Musical and Cultural Roots of Louisiana Creole and Zydeco Fiddle Tradition through Canray Fontenot. By D'Jalma Garnier III . Born October 16, 1922, in L'Anse Aux Vaches, Louisiana, Canray Fontenot passed away in Welsh, Louisiana, on July 29, 1995. 1 He is an icon, spanning a time before the first 'Zydeco' record, living through its recording, and even seeing the digital age.
