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Thread #112597 Message #2392577
Posted By: WFDU - Ron Olesko
18-Jul-08 - 07:31 PM
Thread Name: Does it matter what music is called?
Subject: RE: Does it matter what music is called?
"It - does - not - feel - the same as it did, and those who do not care for all the 'new' forms should not have the WORD for what they like taken away and co-opted just because it is short & convenient."
I think what you are saying is that "it" does - not - feel - like - the - music - that - was - part - of - YOUR - tradition.
No one is saying you should care at all for the "new" form. I'm not even sure what folk song tradition you are caring about.
The words were co-opted from their German origin and the 1954 definition that was quoted is simply that - a definition that was made in 1954. Folk music has existed before that date and after that date.