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Words and natural speech patterns have a rhythm to themselves, as some pioneering musicians from New York began to realise. Find out how rap emerged...
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Why did European trading nations travel to the Americas and how did this drive the slave trade?
Different music from Africa, The Americas and Europe is explored....
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Find out how music is influenced by fashions, styles, philosophical ideas or what's going on in society and public life.
Find out how the movement of people across continents has shaped different types of music.
Find out about dance music and music for dance through the ages and around the world
