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folk music
noun
- music, usually of simple character and anonymous authorship, handed down among the common people by oral tradition.
- music by known composers that has become part of the folk tradition of a country or region.
folk music
noun
- music that is passed on from generation to generation by oral tradition Compare art music
- any music composed in the idiom of this oral tradition
folk music
- A kind of music originating from the ordinary people of a region or nation and continued by oral tradition. The ballad (see also ballad ) is a typical form of folk music. Music is also called “folk†when it is made by artists and composers who are inspired by, or imitate, true folk music. Composers such as Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie are folk musicians of the second kind.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of folk music1
Example Sentences
“It means his decision to go electric or have a band wasn’t purely, ‘I’m going to turn folk music on its head.’
The Russians were annoyed that the subject was Ukraine; the Ukrainians were offended by Copland’s Americanization of their folk music and by Ira Gershwin’s lyrics.
The singer and songwriter who helped popularize folk music in the 1960s died of bladder cancer at his home in New York.
He literally picked folk music up and made it gigantic.
A racial reckoning with the black roots of American folk music, its 27 tracks embrace everything from line-dancing to psychedelic rock, with guest appearances from Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Post Malone.
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