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GUEST,Compare and contrast What makes it a Folk Song? (404* d) RE: What makes it a Folk Song? 14 May 09


Suibhne O'Piobaireachd
"a grubby paternalistic fantasy that effectively denies the individual creativity of the perceived lower orders of a still feudal society"

From the 1954 definition:
"(ii) variation which springs from the creative impulse of the individual or the group"

Huh???

And did the feudal system still operate in 1954?


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