Era of origin
1910s music genres
Explore music genres with documented origins in the 1910s.
6 genre guides
1914St. Louis Blues
A historically rooted but somewhat slippery style label, St. Louis Blues points most directly to W.C. Handy’s 1914 classic and the urbane, band-friendly blues world that grew around it.
View guide1915Standards
A repertoire tag for songs that became durable fixtures of jazz and popular music, especially through Broadway and the Great American Songbook.
1917British dance band
A polished interwar British dance-hall style that sits at the meeting point of jazz, pop, and ballroom entertainment. The best-documented story centers on the 1920s and 1930s, when bands led by Hylton, Noble, and Ambrose brought a locally tuned swing to radio, hotels, and packed dance floors.
1917Musique d'ameublement
A compact, historically grounded label for Satie’s early background-music concept, with later ambient influence noted but not overstated.
1917Klezmer
A living ceremonial tradition that traveled from Eastern Europe to the American recording studio, then returned as a revival music with new audiences and new energy.
1917Ranchera
A classic Mexican song form that carries a big voice, clear feeling, and a strong tie to mariachi and cinema.