Talk:Western music (North America)

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Contents 1 Move? 2 Spaghetti Western music 3 Where Western Music came from 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Western Music Association poster.png

[edit] Move?

This article should probably be moved, but I don't know what to change it to. The most common term for it might be "cowboy music", but I think that might be too misleading and overly specific. Should this article be an overview of music in the western US and Canada, or is it supposed to be just about Anglo music in this region, or just cowboy folk songs and popularized versions of them? Any thoughts? Tuf-Kat 00:48, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Spaghetti Western music

I have to disagree strongly that music from these foreign films are cowboy, or western music. They are a whole different animal and reflect Europe's view of the North American cowboy. They are not the orignal, however. I am going to change the second paragraph to something less misleading. Frankly, I don't even think it should be mentioned in this article. Surely not in the introduction. Steve Pastor 20:45, 3 February 2007 (UTC) By coincidence a "spaghetti western" music composer was profiled on National Public Radio this moring (there will be more about him on the Academy Awards ceremony). His music was described as classical and pop. One song which seened to feature a "Native American whistle" was titled Gabriel's Oboe. Guess it wasn't what it sounded like. And the article is specifically about Western music (North America) The reference to these movies does not contain a verifiable source. I am deleting it. Steve Pastor 19:14, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Where Western Music came from

Since there have been several reverts, I thought I would start a discussion section. Everyone should keep in mind that music existed long before recordings were possible. In that era, which also had no broadcasting, music was much more regional than it is today. On a recent trip I spoke to a woman from Houston. She was incredulous that anyone would question the fact that Czechs, etc, helped create Western music (She was a Czech herself, and her father, who is in his 80s, is still dancing polka at country western dances. p.s. This same ethnic mix explains why polka is danced at CW venues.) Although the term Country Western is often shortened to Country, the compound term for it shows that our comtemporary country music has at least two distinct roots. The different ethnic mixes, and different environments, gave rise to different kinds of music. At this point arguments to the contrary should be stated here, rather than simply deleting information with no substantial justification. Steve Pastor 17:16, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Western Music Association poster.png

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BetacommandBot (talk) 08:21, 21 January 2008 (UTC)