New Orleans Medley
Sounds of the City
The music of New Orleans is the living product of dynamic cultural interactions played out over centuries in this diverse southern port city.
The music of New Orleans is the living product of dynamic cultural interactions played out over centuries in this diverse southern port city. While the city’s music is often characterized by a single style, rhythm, or beat, the reality is much more layered and complex. A debt of authorship is owed to all who have lived—by force or by choice—in these curves of the Mississippi River.
Explore the virtual version of New Orleans Medley as it was on display in the WIlliams Reseach Center in 2019.
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