Italy+(6)

**__  Italy   __ ** By:Catelynn Seinera, Aubrey Grazier, Kellee Tutelo, and Emma Brown
 * Long** ago, classical Italian music was classified as melodic and romantic. Southern part of Italy is more Mediterranean beats including Arabic, Greek, and African music. Italy is the home of Opera music. Italian music is an excellent mix of singer and players whos style reflects on jazz, blue's, or traditional folk music. Italian is dramaic. Rock bands have been successful because they are not popular in English speaking countries. Italian mucis has changed in the last forty years. Hip-hop started in the early 90s in Italy.

**The** artist Raf- is very popular artist in Italy and one of our personal favorites. His link is in the following. http://www.italianculture.net/redir.php?url=http://www.raf.it
 * Sicily** is home to most Christian music. Sicily is also the most vibrant jazz area. In the 1970s, rock music was formed from rock ballads.

**Rock** music never had a great hit in Italy. Until the 1980's rock/metal was a very uncommon music genre to listen to. The band Raw Power changed that opinion with their hit Screams from the Gutter. The band was just experimenting, but their experiment lead them to accidental fame with the genre hardcore-rock. With the new wave of rock spreading throughout Italy, Litfiba decided to tone it down with her new British punk rock. Many other rock bands liked her version and calmed hardcore down some within Italy. The band My Cat is an Alien did a calm post-rock song in the late 1980's. A great hit.
 * Rap** throughout Italy got its cue from us in USA. Unlike the USA influence, Italy is the home to the opera genre. Italy started opera in the 17th century. Claudio Monteverdi wrote the first opera in 1607 and got it composed in time for the annual festival and got it performed.