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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 metal — Stylistic origins Heavy metal, folk music Cultural origins Early to mid 1990s across Europe Typical instruments Electric guitar Bass Drums Vocals Folk instruments or Keyboards … Wikipedia
Folk music of England — Pentangle performing in 2007 Folk music of England refers to various types of traditionally based music, often contrasted with courtly, classical and later commercial music, for which evidence exists from the later medieval period. It has been… … Wikipedia
Folk club — A Folk club is a regular event, permanent venue, or section of a venue devoted to folk music and traditional music. Folk clubs were primarily an urban phenomenon of 1960s and 1970s Great Britain and Ireland, but continue today there and elsewhere … Wikipedia
Folk Music of England — The Folk Music of England has a long history.HistoryLittle survives of the early music of England, by which is meant the music that was used by the people before the establishment of musical notation in the medieval period. Some surviving folk… … Wikipedia
folk music and songs — Traditional British folk music has many different forms, including songs and ballads. Many folk songs relate to the lives of ordinary people in past centuries; others tell of famous love stories or celebrate nature. The verses may be sung by one… … 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 dance — folk dancer. folk dancing. 1. a dance that originated among, and has been transmitted through, the common people. Cf. court dance. 2. a piece of music for such a dance. [1905 10] * * * Dance that has developed without a choreographer and that… … Universalium
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 — 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
