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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
GUEST,Nikkiwi	What is a Folk Song? (292* d)	RE: What is a Folk Song?	15 Feb 08
going back to the 1954 definition for a moment... "The term does not cover composed popular music that has been taken over ready-made by a community and remains unchanged, for it is the re-fashioning and re-creation of the music by the community that gives it its folk character." Does this mean that a song like "Stairway to Heaven" (Led Zep) which has been covered god knows how many times, each in its own way (including once on a wobbleboard) DOES qualify as folk music, as it has been refashioned and re-created by the community??? Just a thought (both on folk music and the dangers of tying oneself to a definition) Nikkiwi

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