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   What is folk music?

   • Get a special academic rate on Britannica Premium. Folk music is a type of traditional and generally rural music that originally was passed down through families and other small social groups. Typically, folk music, like folk literature, lives in oral tradition; it is learned through hearing rather than reading.

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   What is British folk music?

   • British folk music, also known as English traditional music, goes back many centuries and remains an important part of music history throughout the world. The genres lives on more in hybrid versions of modern pop and country music.

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   How is folk music learned?

   • Typically, folk music, like folk literature, lives in oral tradition; it is learned through hearing rather than reading. It is functional in the sense that it is associated with other activities, and it is primarily rural in origin.

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   Why is a song called folk and popular?

   • The partial duplication of repertories and style indicates such cross-fertilization that a given song may sometimes be called both folk and popular. With reference to music, folk and popular are two points on a musical continuum, rather than discrete bodies of music.

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   How old is folk music?

   • Although later scholars concede that some traits of folk music may be centuries old, they are less inclined to speculate on the age of archaic elements of folk music or to offer historical reconstructions, other than tracing variants of individual songs or types of songs.

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   Where did folk music come from?

   • Throughout European history, dancing by rural folk and village dances in urban and court society provided a major venue for folk music; although most of this music is instrumental, vocal folk dance music, sometimes sung by the dancers themselves, is common. In northern Europe even narrative ballads were used for dancing.

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   Sep 23, 2024 · Folk music - Origins, Traditions, Styles: Since folk music lives in oral tradition, its history can best be understood through a study of its relationship to other musics. Many folk songs collected in oral tradition have been traced to literary sources, often of considerable antiquity.

3. www.historiamag.com › living-history-traditionalThe living history of traditional folk songs - Historia Mag

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   Jun 30, 2021 · Voices from the past can still be heard today through the living social history of songs passed down through generations, whether they're still sung by tradition-bearers, recorded by folk song enthusiasts or printed in broadsides or books, author Fiona Mountain tells Historia.

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   Sep 23, 2024 · folk music, type of traditional and generally rural music that originally was passed down through families and other small social groups. Typically, folk music, like folk literature, lives in oral tradition; it is learned through hearing rather than reading.

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   Dec 7, 2015 · Frank Howes sets out a general and scholarly introduction, first examining in detail the history and origins of folk music and going on to show the nature and vast amount of the material, enforcing his arguments with a wealth of examples from around the world.

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   Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music.

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   Jan 30, 2014 · 100 Books Every Folk Music Fan Should Own. In recent years an almost overwhelming number of books have appeared covering various aspects of American folk music and its history. Before...

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    British folk music, also known as English traditional music, goes back many centuries and remains an important part of music history throughout the world. The genres lives on more in hybrid versions of modern pop and country music.