Le musica interveni con aspectos de identitate cultural e aspectos social, linguas, racia e ethnicitate. Le relation inter le racia e musica es le plus determinante.
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Le tribos de americanos native canta un specific varietate de musica folk. Le gruppos de americanos de ancestria african ha disveloppate le musica blues e le musica gospel.
Compositores statounitese de cantos influencite per le tradition de musica folk de lor pais include Pete Seeger, le autor del canto anti-guerra "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" ("A Ubi Veniva Omne le Flores?"), e Woody Guthrie, cuje canto "This Land Is Your Land" ("Iste Terra es Tu Terra") era scripte in opposition al typo de patriotismo nationalistic que appoia le abusos del governamento e del classes ric contra le major parte del populo.
Le Statos Unite de America es un amalgama de immigrantes.
Espania e sequente Mexico controlate multe del territorio del west de Statos Unite de America ante le Guerra Mexican-American, inclusive le state de Texas. Dupo Texas e altere territorios esseva addite ab le Statos Unite de America, le nativos texan que ha vivite in isto statos comenciava de disveloppar un musica basate al musica texan con influentias de musica traditional mexican como le mariachi e le corrido[3] Le accordion esseva adoptate de musicos de folk Tejano ab le initio del seculo 20.
Musica Country es un mixtura de musica blues de african-american e musica spiritual adaptate pro popular audientias (primarimente personas blanc in le west interior e le sud del SUA) comenciante in le annos 1920.
Total industria de musica revenue es 40 miliardes de dollares de SUA in tote le mundo e 12 miliarde de dollares in SUA.[5]
Multe de companies de recorda de musica es basato in SUA.
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↑Cowdery, James R. with Anne Lederman, "Blurring the Boundaries of Social and Musical Identities" in the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, pp 322–333
↑Burr, Ramiro. "Accordion Enchilada" in the Rough Guide to World Music, Volume 2, pg. 604
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