Could we remember dance music as well as songs? Social dance tunes are still played for their original purpose. Tunes several centuries old co-exist with recently-written ones and both are constantly modified under the fingers of musicians to fit what their instrument, tastes or abilities require. They are transmitted in print, by ear in sessions, and by ear from recordings, and are constantly changing. This sounds like the live folk process to me.

Will Fly recently started an interesting debate about developments to the recently-written tune The Sweetness of Mary in the thread 'The folk process and tunes'.

Valmai (Lewes)