Creole music
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The term Creole music is used to refer to two distinct musical traditions: art songs adapted from 19th-century vernacular music; or the vernacular traditions of Louisiana Creole people which have pers
Cedric Watson playing a diatonic button accordion
Congo Square in New Orleans
Louis Moreau Gottschalk pictured on an 1864 publication
Cajun music
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Cajun music is a traditional genre of music from Louisiana. An emblematic music of Louisiana played by the Cajuns, it is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Canada. Although they
Creole music
…or the vernacular traditions of Louisiana Creole people which have persisted as 20th- and 21st-century la la and zydeco in addition to influencing Cajun music. In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory, including New Orleans, from France. In 1809 and 1810, more than 10,000 refugees from the…
Fais do-do near Crowley, Louisiana in 1938.
Lost Bayou Ramblers, New Orleans.
Traditional Cajun instruments: tit-fer, Cajun accordion, and a fiddle.
Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, 2015.