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Mississippi Delta Blues Festival
Source:America's Library
Level: Pre-Intermediate
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What do you know about the music called "the Blues?"
How and where did the Blues develop?
Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival
A Local Legacy
Think about all the emotions expressed in the music you listen to: joy, happiness, loneliness, nervousness, and, of course, sadness. Music with sad themes is often called the "blues."
Blues music developed in the United States among Southern blacks after the Civil War. When slaves were brought to America from Africa, they brought their musical traditions with them. Blended with folk and popular music of whites, these African musical traditions developed into the blues.
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IV. Post-Reading Questions
- Whose musical traditions formed the foundation for blues?
a. Native Americans
b. British immigrants
c. African Americans
d. South Americans
- Due to the poor condition of Mississippi, blacks moved to north,
to cities such as New York, Boston, and Massachusetts (TRUE / FALSE)
- The blues disappeared from the original place
after many Blacks moved to other cities. (TRUE / FALSE)
- What were the conditions in the place where the blues originated?
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