![]() Bela Bartok using a gramaphone to record folk songs sung by Slovak peasants. Image by Unknown authorUnknown author, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Folk Lyric Various ArtistsFolk music Folk music Music genre For other uses, see Folk music (disambiguation). "Folksinger" and "Traditional music" redirect here. For other uses, see Folksinger (disambiguation) and Traditional music (disambiguation). 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. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has… (Source: Wikipedia)
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