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Thread #95495 Message #1858541
Posted By: Richard Bridge
14-Oct-06 - 06:44 AM
Thread Name: So what is *Traditional* Folk Music?
Subject: RE: So what is 'TRADITIONAL' Folk Music ?
Shimrod, I suggest you check the definitions that I did not bother setting out, because I thought serious contributors would know them. You can find them on MusTrad, and you can find them by checking my old posts, and I expect you can find them by googling intelligently... As far as I recollect Wikipedia has it wrong, but that is why I tell my students NOT to cite it as an academic source, it is not reviewed and it does contain errors (mostly Americo-centric).
George, that fact that a definition leads to a surprising result defnitely does not mean it is ambiguous. It that were its fault it would not lead to a result.