Acadian music

E193215

Acadian music is a traditional folk music style of the Acadian people, blending French, Celtic, and Indigenous influences and known for its lively fiddle tunes, accordion, and call-and-response songs.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Acadian music canonical 2
Cajun music 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Acadian culture element ⓘ
folk music tradition ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
hasCharacteristic call-and-response singing ⓘ
fast fiddle tunes ⓘ
foot-tapping accompaniment ⓘ
improvised lyrics ⓘ
lively dance rhythms ⓘ
narrative ballads ⓘ
repetitive melodic phrases ⓘ
strong vocal harmonies ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin Acadian people ⓘ
linked to: Acadians
hasDanceForm contredanse ⓘ
jig ⓘ
quadrille ⓘ
reel ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom Breton music ⓘ
Celtic music ⓘ
French folk music ⓘ
Indigenous music of North America ⓘ
Norman music ⓘ
hasLanguage Acadian French ⓘ
Chiac ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasPrimaryRegion Acadia ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Maritime provinces of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Maritime Provinces

New Brunswick ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
Prince Edward Island ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada
hasTheme exile ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
love ⓘ
migration ⓘ
resilience of Acadian people ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
isPartOf intangible cultural heritage of Acadians ⓘ
isPerformedAt Congrès mondial acadien ⓘ
Festival acadien de Caraquet ⓘ
isRelatedTo Cajun music ⓘ
Maritime folk music ⓘ
Quebecois folk music ⓘ
isUsedFor community gatherings ⓘ
festivals ⓘ
religious celebrations ⓘ
social dancing ⓘ
weddings ⓘ
usesInstrument accordion ⓘ
diatonic button accordion ⓘ
fiddle ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
hand drum ⓘ
harmonica ⓘ
jaw harp ⓘ
piano ⓘ
spoons ⓘ
triangle ⓘ
violin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Acadian culture → hasArtForm → Acadian music ⓘ
Acadian theatre → relatedTo → Acadian music ⓘ
Doug Kershaw → fieldOfWork → Cajun music ⓘ
linked to: Acadian music