French Louisiana Music and Its Patrons The Popularization and Transformation of a Regional Sound
French Louisiana music emerged from the bayous and prairies of Southwest Louisiana in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. French Louisiana music was largely ignored in mainstream music culture, except by a handful of collectors, scholars, a
French Louisiana music emerged from the bayous and prairies of Southwest Louisiana in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. French Louisiana music was largely ignored in mainstream music culture, except by a handful of collectors, scholars, and commercial promoters who sought to popularize it.
