Music of the United Kingdom

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Music of the United Kingdom
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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

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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
  Channel Islands, as well as immigrants from
  Jamaica, India, the Commonwealth and other parts
  of the world.

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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.

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• Northern Ireland (along with the Republic of
  Ireland) has the most vibrant folk traditions

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• Scottish folk music includes many kinds of songs,
  including ballads and laments, sung by a single
  singer with accompaniment by bagpipes, fiddles or
  harps.

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• Wales is a Celtic country that features folk
  music played at twmpathau (communal dances) and
  gwyn werin (music festivals).

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Classical music

• Classical music has been written and performed in
  what is now the United Kingdom for centuries. Key
  composers include Gustav Holst, Edward Elgar and
  Benjamin Britten.

Edward Elgar
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Early British popular music

• broadside ballads were the first genre of British
  popular music

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• Music hall songs are characterized by a simple
  beat and a strong melody or tune which can be
  easily acquired by the audience

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• From about 1925 to 1946 the most popular form of
  music in the UK was Dance Bands

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British popular music

• The 1950s saw most of the world that had access
  to records listening to American artists

Elvis Presley
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• The United Kingdom made American traditions into
  distinctively British ones such as skiffle and
  trad Jazz, and eventually added influences from
  English, Scottish and Irish folk music

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• By the middle of the 1960s, British artists had
  grown so adept at British-style rock, RB and
  blues that the British Invasion occurred, led by
  the Beatles, the Who, the Rolling Stones and the
  Kinks

the Beatles
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• heavy metal and progressive rock were developing
  into full-fledged genres of British popular music

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• 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
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• 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
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• alternative rock subgenre of punk music
  including Siouxsie and the Banshees, Vardis, The
  Cure

The Cure
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• 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
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• 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.

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