Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. ____1____ -- the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent ____2____ of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was ____3____ --, or by whom. But it began to be ____4____ -- in the early 1900s.Jazz is Americas contribution to ____5____ -- music. In contrast to classical music, which ____6____ -- formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free-form. It bubbles with energy, ____7____ -- the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz ____8____ -- like America, and ____9____ -- it does today. The ____10____ of this music are as interesting as the music ____11____ --. American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz ____12____ --. They were brought to Southern States ____13____ -- slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long ____14____ --. When a Negro died his friend and relatives ____15____ -- a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the ____16____ --. On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. ____17____ -- on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their
____18____ --, but the living were glad to be alive. The band played ____19____ -- music, improvising ____即兴表演____ on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes ____20____ -- at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.
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