Music in England and Britain
Please note: We have mainly written about England, as that is the country
within the UK where our students live.
We would be very happy for schools and
visitors to send us information we can add to our website on Wales and...
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Music in England and Britain
Please note: We have mainly written about England, as that is the country
within the UK where our students live.
We would be very happy for schools and
visitors to send us information we can add to our website on Wales and
Scotland.
Britain is more famous for pop music than it is for classical composers or
jazz musicians.
Names such as The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led
Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Elton John, George Michael and The Spice Girls are
known world wide but little do people know of our other musicians not in the pop
world.
Music we listen to today
In Britain, most youths listen to punk, garage, house, rock, pop and R&B.
(such
as McFly, JLo, Xtina, Beyonce, Pink, Britney, Justin Timberlake, Mis-teeq).
Popular Artists in Britain
Two good places to find out what music is popular today especially among the
young people in Britain are:
Origins
The origins of music in Britain lie in the songs sung and dance music played by
ord
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