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blues  

Definition

  • Genre of music strongly associated with African American traditions and artists. The blues developed from the music brought to the Americas by enslaved Africans from the seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century. [Source: Encyclopedia of African American Society; Blues]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-DW7Q5V91-7

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