Argentinean Folk Argentinean folk music is a genre that many people, who enjoy listening or playing music, may not know anything about. There are many factors as to why this is so. When looking at music of the twentieth century and what has been recorded so far in the twentieth-first century, it is evident that western music has impacted a huge amount of countries. It has not intentionally taken away certain countries former celebrated genres. These former celebrated genres are still enjoyed by those of an older age. The youth, in many countries listen to western influenced music that those of older generations look down on. This appears to be the way of the future. Many of these older and storied genres will fade even more as the older generations…show more content… As stated earlier, America was where folk had received plenty of praise, and even though it was no longer the premier American genre during the 1950’s, American’s still loved, played, and recorded folk. It has always been a genre with themes such as protest, work, and informality. This was defiantly what the themes Argentinean culture needed to respond to the mid- 1940’s. The Second World War era was confusing for many Argentinean people. The country was involved in the war for nearly the event’s entirety, but what was not clear was what side the country was on. There was good relationship between Argentina and Germany, who happened to be of Axis power. It was pretty obvious at first that Argentina would aid Germany, but Argentina also had a cruel rivalry with Great Britain, who was on the Allies power side. As the war continued into 1944, Argentina realized that Germany was losing its strength, and that the goals of Germany’s leader, Adolf Hitler, were becoming more and more delusional. Somehow, Argentina struck up a deal with the United States and they joined the Allies that same year. It was not much longer till Germany would inevitably fall. If the change in military plans did not confuse the people of Argentina, then the leadership during the war era had
