Creole music
| Creole music of Louisiana | |
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Cedric Watson playing a diatonic button accordion | |
| Native name | Musique créole |
| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | 18th – 19th centuries, Louisiana |
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The term Creole music (French: musique créole) is used to refer to two distinct musical traditions: art songs adapted from 19th-century vernacular music; or the vernacular traditions of Louisiana Creole people which have persisted as 20th- and 21st-century la la and zydeco in addition to influencing Cajun music.