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    folk music

    noun

    • 1. music that originates in traditional popular culture or that is written in such a style. Folk music is typically of unknown authorship and is transmitted orally from generation to generation.
    • Type of traditional and generally rural music

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      • 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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  3. Jun 17, 2024 · 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.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Folk_musicFolk music - Wikipedia

    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.

  5. A look at the history of folk music, and some composers - Bartók, Dvořák, Vaughan Williams - who have used folk music in their compositions.

  6. Apr 13, 2024 · Folk music is a genre rooted in traditional music, often passed down through generations within communities. It often reflects cultural and social aspects of specific groups, using simple melodies and lyrics that are easy to remember and replicate.

  7. Jun 17, 2024 · Musical studies concern folk genres and styles, as well as individual folk songs—how they originated, and whether, how, and why they changed when diffused. Theories of folk music have been beclouded by the difficulties in recognizing, isolating, and defining a phenomenon as elusive and complex as folk music.

  8. 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;...

  9. What is folk music? Folk is a term used to describe all sorts of musical, oral and cultural traditions from specific regions and societies around the world. Folk comes from the German word ‘volk’ meaning ‘the people’ and folk music is often thought of as being the music belonging to ‘the people’.

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