English folk music
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The folk music of England is a tradition-based music which has existed since the later medieval period. It is often contrasted with courtly, classical and later commercial music. Folk music traditiona
Original score of Pastime with Good Company (c. 1513), held in the British Library, London.
The first page of an 1840 printed version of "Barbara Allen" one of the most widely collected English language folk ballads.
Cecil Sharp
Pentangle performing in 1969
Folk music
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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 wo
English folk music
…communities, but print and subsequently audio recordings have since become the primary means of transmission. The term is used to refer both to English traditional music and music composed or delivered in a traditional style. There are distinct regional and local variations in content and style, particularly in areas…
Viljandi Folk Music Festival held annually within the castle ruins in Viljandi, Estonia
Indians always distinguished between classical and folk music, though in the past even classical Indian music used to rely on the unwritten transmission of repertoire.
Indian Nepali folk musician Navneet Aditya Waiba
Kurdish traditional folk singer Ahmet Kaya