Folk music publications — Folk Review was a monthly national magazine devoted mainly to British folk music with occasional articles on folklore. It was edited by Fred Woods and started in November 1971 as Folk Country , becoming Folk Review from March 1972. Folk Review… … Wikipedia
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 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 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
List of European folk music traditions — This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended… … Wikipedia
Swedish folk music — is a genre of music based largely on folkloric collection work that began in the early nineteenth century in Sweden. [Kaminsky 2005:33 41.] The primary instrument of Swedish folk music is the fiddle. Another common instrument, unique to Swedish… … Wikipedia
Italian folk music — has a deep and complex history. National unification came quite late to the Italian peninsula, so its many hundreds of separate cultures remained un homogenized until quite recently compared to many other European countries. Moreover, Italian… … Wikipedia
Music of Scotland — A Pipe Major playing the Great Highland Bagpipe Scotland is internationally known for its traditional music, which has remained vibrant throughout the 20th century, when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to pop music. In spite of… … Wikipedia
Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society — Launched in 1932, when the *English Folk Dance and Song Society was formed, by the amalgamation of the *Folk Song Society and the *English Folk Dance Society, and thus replacing the journals of these two societies. It ran until December 1964… … A Dictionary of English folklore
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
