Section 4: Border Crossings and Fusions

Living within the context of a highly diverse, pluralistic society in which a variety of social and musical interactions are always possible has enabled people in the United States and Canada to develop musical cultures that are, at times, identified by strong cultural boundaries, and at other times, highly integrative products of creative social and musical mergers. Many of the genres of music we experience today, such as country and western, rock, and certain concert musics, are the result of musical...