The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #65797   Message #1086584
Posted By: Amos
05-Jan-04 - 04:47 PM
Thread Name: defining the folk experience
Subject: RE: defining the folk experience
The Gestalt, thus percieved, makes the conclusions greater than the sum of the parts.



Art Thieme has spoken with his usual elegance here and placed his finger on the nub of the matter. The human gestalt across time --carried by m usic and by song -- is why folk music is so important; it shows the changing and the unchanging parts equally well, to he who will see.

John Fitz, welcome to Mudcat! You sound like a natural!

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