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Music of the United Kingdom. Early music of the British Isles.
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Early music of the British Isles • Early music of the British Isles, from the earliest recorded times until the Baroque and the rise of recognisably modern classical music, was a diverse and rich culture, including sacred and secular music and ranging from the popular to the elite
Folk music • There are four primary components of the United Kingdom, each with their own diverse and distinctive folk music forms - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In addition, there are numerous distinct and semi-distinct folk traditions from the Isle of Man, Cornwall and the ChannelIslands, as well as immigrants from Jamaica, India, the Commonwealth and other parts of the world.
Van Morrison • England has a long and diverse history of folk music dating back at least to the medieval period and including many forms of music, song and dance.
Northern Ireland (along with the Republic of Ireland) has the most vibrant folk traditions
Scottish folk music includes many kinds of songs, including ballads and laments, sung by a single singer with accompaniment by bagpipes, fiddles or harps.
Wales is a Celtic country that features folk music played at twmpathau (communal dances) and gwyn werin (music festivals).
Classical music • Classical music has been written and performed in what is now the United Kingdom for centuries. Key composers include Gustav Holst, EdwardElgar and Benjamin Britten. Edward Elgar
Early British popular music • broadside ballads were the first genre of British popular music
Music hall songs are characterized by a simple beat and a strong melody or tune which can be easily acquired by the audience
From about 1925 to 1946 the most popular form of music in the UK was Dance Bands
British popular music • The 1950s saw most of the world that had access to records listening to American artists Elvis Presley
The United Kingdom made American traditions into distinctively British ones such as skiffleandtrad Jazz, and eventually added influences from English, Scottish and Irish folk music
By the middle of the 1960s, British artists had grown so adept at British-style rock, R&B and blues that the British Invasion occurred, led by the Beatles, the Who, the Rolling Stones and the Kinks the Beatles
heavy metal and progressive rock were developing into full-fledged genres of British popular music
Heavy metal evolved from pioneers like T. Rex, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath into the hard-edged, complex music of bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest Pink Floyd Deep Purple Progressive rock-Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Queen, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant and Genesis
Punk became well-known after the coming of the Sex Pistols the Sex Pistols Punk also spawned many subgenres, such as 2 tone, psychobilly, and goth
alternative rock – subgenre of punk music including Siouxsie and the Banshees, Vardis, The Cure The Cure
In The 1980s House and allied genres like techno music evolved out of a complex electronic music scene in 1970s United States, but began to grow popular as part of club culture in 80s Britain, where it spawned numerous subgenres like drum n bass. Goldie
In the early 21st century the most popular music in Britain is Britpop along with synthetic qualities of British experimental electronic music , grime (a unique type of garage/hip-hop) Depeche Mode • "Indie rock" has become very popular in recent years, but there is no overall dominant genre of music, with young people listening to a wide range of styles.
