MUS 2420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Cajun French, Strophic Form, Duple And Quadruple Metre
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Case study: multiple identities in cajun and zydeco music. The closely related cajun and zydeco music cultures relate identity to place, ethnicity, class, race and gender. The 2 musical styles share geography and related historical roots that they continue to celebrate through music. The creoles and the cajuns share the same language-french-and the same geographical space-southern louisiana. Traditions going back to the french-speaking people who arrived in louisiana during the 16th and 17th centuries. The people termed creoles, are of mixed french, spanish and african or afro- Caribbean descent, began arriving in new orleans in the early 1600s while the. Cajuns come from a community of french refugees who lived in present day nova. Cajuns kept their french traditions and language and came into contact with a number of other people, including spanish, native american, european americans and. Cajuns contributed to other well-known american musical styles ex: cowboy songs. Allons a lafayettel (let"s go to lafayette)
