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

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But these days, she is an up-and-comer in country music -- and a rare African-American performer in the genre.

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