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folk music

 
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–noun
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.
Origin:
1885–90
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folk music  
n.  

  1. Music originating among the common people of a nation or region and spread about or passed down orally, often with considerable variation.

  2. Contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music.

folk'-mu'sic (fōk'myōō'zĭk) adj.
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