The master of syncopation in music was Scott Joplin, African American composer writing a lot around the area of St. Louis at the turn of the twentieth century.

音乐中切分音的大师是斯考特·乔普林，他是位非裔美国作曲家，二十世纪之际在圣路易斯地区附近谱写了很多曲子。

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Johnson was an innovator in classical music, composing symphonic music that incorporated American, and especially African American, traditions.

约翰逊还是古典音乐的革新者，他创作的交响乐融合了美国人、尤其是非裔美国人的传统。

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He referred to jazz as "African-American classical music," and strove to convey the black experience in America.

他称爵士乐是“非裔美国人的古典音乐”，并且为宣传美国黑人的经历而坚持不懈地努力着。

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They were looking for people who at the same time were representatives of a much bigger powerful tradition in the case of African-American music, but at the same time were really singular in their ability to express that tradition."

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James loved the African-American church music called gospel.

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The story strains to make a mythopoetic connection between the classics of African-American music and the personal history that they embody.

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Jones the famed record producer, conductor, arranger, film composer, television producer and trumpeter was honored Tuesday, not for his five decades of spectacular accomplishments, but for his commitment to develop the talent of young musicians as well as preserving and maintaining the heritage of African-American music.

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They infuse an African-American sensibility into music that includes, not only opera, but jazz, gospel, soul and blues.

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