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Folk song   /foʊk sɔŋ/   Listen
Folk song

noun
1.
A song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture.  Synonyms: folk ballad, folksong.






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"Folk song" Quotes from Famous Books



... and the results will make several national volumes of folklore. The essays in the State Guides devoted to folklore are also under his supervision." Since 1933 Mr. Lomax has been Honorary Curator of the Archive of American Folk Song, Library of Congress.] ...
— Slave Narratives, Administrative Files (A Folk History of - Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves) • Works Projects Administration

... to the languages of China, Egypt, and India. Up to the last two centuries our written music was held in bondage, was "fossil music," so to speak. Only certain progressions of sounds were allowed, for religion controlled music. In the Middle Ages folk song was used by the Church, and a certain amount of control was exercised over it; even up to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the use of sharps and flats was frowned upon in church music. But gradually music began to break ...
— Critical & Historical Essays - Lectures delivered at Columbia University • Edward MacDowell

... /n.,v./ [from SF fandom, where a typo for 'folk' was adopted as a new word] A popular or folk song with lyrics revised or completely new lyrics, intended for humorous effect when read, and/or to be sung late at night at SF conventions. There is a flourishing subgenre of these called 'computer filks', written by hackers ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0



Words linked to "Folk song" :   folk, song, fado, folk music, ethnic music, blues, vocal



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