The Spanish missions in California brought European music to the area. The state's large Mexican population brought traditional folk guitar to California, including virtuoso Luis T. Manuela García was the most prolific performer recorded by Charles Fletcher Lummis Polish composer Anton de Kontski's "Polish Patrol" and "Awakening the Lion" were also quite popular. In the 1880s, Carlos Troyer became a prominent composer, incorporating Spanish and Zuni influences.
The visit of King Kalakaua of Hawaii in 1874 saw the Hawaiian national anthem, "Hawaii Ponoi" (written by the king) set to music by Henri Berger. However, two years later the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in order to prevent more immigration. Performers included the Sacramento-born Hyers Sisters and Black Patti.Ĭhinese immigrants came to California to work on the transcontinental railroad and soon became a large minority in the state the San Francisco Chinese Opera House was built in 1880. As on the East Coast, music at the time was dominated by popular minstrel shows and the sale of sheet music. Chanted prayers and hymns were often used, and choirs were eventually formed many missions formed Native American choirs among recent converts.Īs California's European, Asian, and African population increased in the 19th century, the state became the earliest West Coast territory admitted to the United States. The earliest Spanish and English explorers in California encountered Native Americans and established missions to convert them to Christianity. In San Francisco, Carlos Troyer published compositions like Apache Chief Geronimo's Own Medicine song, with a piano accompaniment by Troyer. In the late 19th century, American Indian music began to be incorporated by classical composers throughout the country, known as the Indianist movement. Many groups of Indigenous peoples of California lived and continue to live within the current geographic boundaries of California, before and since colonization by Europe. Main articles: Indigenous music of North America and Yuman music The state's official folk dance is the square dance, which has been found in California since at least the Gold Rush. Other songs, including " California, Here I Come", have also been candidates for additional state songs since 1951, but in 1988 the official standing of "I Love You, California" was confirmed.Ĭalifornia also has an official fife and drum band, the California Consolidated Drum Band, which was so designated in 1997. It was designated the state song in 1951. Frankenstein of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra. The official state song of California is " I Love You, California", written by F. 6.6 Surf rock, sunshine pop, and the California Sound.
4 Mexican and Latin American music in California today.
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