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Music scholars, journalists, audiences, record industry individuals, politicians, nationalists and demagogues may often have occasion to address which fields of folk music are to a distinct group of people and with characteristics undiluted by contact with the music of other peoples; thus, the folk music traditions described herein overlap in ...
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European folk music (29 C) F. Folk festivals in Europe (7 C, 1 P) Finnish folk culture (4 C, 2 P) European folklore (26 C, 63 P) French folk culture (2 C, 1 P) G.
Folk music [1] is one of the major divisions of music, now often divided into traditional folk music and contemporary folk music.There are many styles of folk music, all of which can be classified into various traditions, generally based around some combination of ethnic, religious, tribal, political or geographic boundaries.
Latvian men's folk ensemble "Vilki" performing at the festival of Baltic crafts and warfare "Apuolė 854" in Apuolė Castle mound, August 2009. Balto-Finnic music is a category of music of Balto-Finnic people, that overlaps with both Nordic folk music of Nordic countries and Baltic folk music of Baltic states.
European folk music (29 C) Latin American folk music (11 C, 4 P) North American folk music (3 C, 10 P) A. American folk music (21 C, 46 P) Australian folk music (4 C ...
The Corsican group L'Alba. As Europe experienced a wave of roots revivals in the 1950s and 1960s, [1] France found its regional culture reviving traditional music. Brittany, Limousin, Gascony, Corsica and Auvergne were among the regions that experienced a notable resurgence in the popularity of folk music.
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 ...