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Folk music — Folk song redirects here. For other uses, see Folk song (disambiguation). Folk music Béla Bartók recording Slovak peasant singers in 1908 Traditions List of folk music traditions … Wikipedia
Folk Music — Folk [foʊk] (engl.: folk von Folklore; die Volkskultur, in diesem Fall Musik betreffend) ist ein Genre der populären Musik. Seine Anhänger begreifen es in der Regel als eine zeitgenössische Variante der Volksmusik. Besonders gebräuchlich ist der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
folk music — folk ,music noun uncount 1. ) traditional music from a particular country, region, or community, especially music developed by people who were not professional musicians 2. ) a type of modern popular music developed from traditional folk music,… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
folk music — 1889, from FOLK (Cf. folk) (also Cf. FOLKLORE (Cf. folklore)). In reference to the branch of modern popular music (originally associated with Greenwich Village in New York City) it dates from 1958 … Etymology dictionary
folk music — folk .music also folk n [U] 1.) traditional music that has been played by ordinary people in a particular area for a long time 2.) a style of popular music in which people sing and play ↑guitars, without any electronic equipment … Dictionary of contemporary English
folk music — n. 1. traditional music made and handed down among the common people 2. music composed in the style of this … English World dictionary
folk music — 1. music, usually of simple character and anonymous authorship, handed down among the common people by oral tradition. 2. music by known composers that has become part of the folk tradition of a country or region. [1885 90] * * * Music held to be … Universalium
folk music — Modern British folk music owes its character not just to the traditional music of people in the UK but also to the ‘folk revival’ of the 1950s and 1960s. A crucial figure in the movement was Ewan MacColl, who repopularized both traditional and … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
Folk music — Musique folk La musique folk désigne trois genres musicaux proches, mais distincts : La folk music désignait d abord dans les pays où la langue anglaise domine (États Unis, Angleterre, Irlande, Écosse, Canada), la musique populaire… … Wikipédia en Français
folk music — Spanish folk music falls into three broad categories, which are not always clearly delineated. In the first place, there is the musicological definition of folk music, that is, the popular musical and poetic heritage of the various cultures… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
folk music — noun the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑ethnic music, ↑folk • Hypernyms: ↑popular music, ↑popular music genre • Hyponyms … Useful english dictionary
