Musical Genres
- Britpop — British popular music
- Canterbury scene — after Canterbury, Kent, England
- Chicago soul — after Chicago
- Dixieland jazz — after Dixie, nickname for the southern United States
- Dunedin sound — after the New Zealand city of Dunedin
- Madchester — after Manchester, England
- Memphis soul — after Memphis, Tennessee
- Merseybeat — after the River Mersey
- Philly soul — after Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Urban Pasifika — after the Pacific Ocean
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Famous quotes containing the word musical:
“Sometimes a musical phrase would perfectly sum up
The mood of a moment. One of those lovelorn sonatas
For wind instruments was riding past on a solemn white horse.
Everybody wondered who the new arrival was.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)