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jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation.
world music
umbrella term for traditional, indigenous, popular or art music, not following North American or British popular and folk traditions
early music
music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque
Festival di Napoli
Neapolitan song contest
white voice
music genre; singing style
Wienerlied
thumb|upright=1.2|The Schrammel quartet in 1890
thumb|upright=1.2|Trio Wien, Stadt.Fest.Wien 2009
thumb|upright=1.2|The Extremschrammeln, Donauinselfest 2008