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1、HowDifferentKindsofMusicGotTheirNamesLudwigvonBeethoven(1779-1827),Germancomposerofsymphonies,chambermusic,concertosandpianosonatas,oncesaid,"Musicisahigherrevelationthanphilosophy."EversinceIheardJoeandCleomaFalcon’srecordingof"Lafayette",andaJimmieRodgers’recordonaneighbor
2、’sgraphophoneinJohnsonCove,I’vebeenhookedoncountryandCajunmusic.Atthattimecountrymusicwasknownas"hillbillymusic"-theyearwas1929,andIwasveryyoung.I’venotonlyhadgreatpleasureinlisteningtomusic,butI'vealsoalwayshadagreatinterestinthehistoryofthemusicandhowdifferentkindsofmusicg
3、ottheirnames.HowdidthemusicoftheruralSouthgettobeknownas"hillbilly"music?AccordingtoArchieGreeninanarticleintheJournalofAmericanFolklore,theword"hillbilly"hasbeeninprintsinceatleast1900asacatchalldesignationforthesouthernbackwoodsinhabitants.Notuntil1925,however,wasthetermus
4、edinassociationwiththemusicoftheruralSouth.ItcanbetracedtoarecordingsessioninNewYorkCity,January15,1925attheOkehStudio.AstringbandcomposedofpeoplefromNorthCarolinaandVirginiarecordedsixsongs.Beingtheyhadnonamefortheirgroup,theirleader,vocalistAlHopkins,askedRalphPeertofindas
5、uitablenamefortheband.Peerchosethename"Hillbillies".Beforethattime,themusicwassimplyknownas"hillcountrytunes,""oldtimemusic,"etc.In1932TexRitter’ssongsbecameknownas"western,"andintheearly1940s,ErnestTubb,RedFoley,andothersouthernmusiciansinfluencedDeccaRecordstoadopttheterm"
6、countrymusic."ByJune1949Billboardmagazinebeganlistingcountrymusicpopularitychartsunder"country"or"country&western."Themusicweknowas"bluegrass"wasnotalwayscalledbythatname.Irememberwhenweusedtocallit"mountainmusic."Actuallybluegrassmusicbecameknownassuchinthelate1940s–itgotit
7、snamefromBillMonroeandhis"BluegrassBoys."Inhisbook"CountryMusicUSA,"BillC.Maloneobserves:"Texasmusicalculture,priortourbanizationofthepost-1920speriod,wasproducedbythesouthernheritage.TexasdwellersusedsubstantiallythesameinstrumentscommontotherestoftheSouthandsanginamannersi
8、milartoothersoutherners."Theauthorcontinues,"Butdespiteitscloseculturalaffi
