Creole music applies to two genres of music from south Louisiana: Creole folk and black Creole. Creole folk dates from the 18th century or before, and it consists primarily of folk songs. Many were published, and some found their way into works by Louisiana composers such as Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Basil Barès, Camille Nickerson, and Moses Hogan. Black Creole is preserved primarily in the form of recordings rather than sheet music. Along with Cajun music, black Creole music played a role in early development of la-la, zydeco, and swamp pop.
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“Orpheus with his lute made trees
And the mountain tops that freeze
Bow themselves when he did sing.
To his music plants and flowers
Ever sprung, as sun and showers
There had made a lasting spring.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)