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Thread #155357 Message #3654259
Posted By: Bounty Hound
26-Aug-14 - 10:55 AM
Thread Name: What makes a new song a folk song?
Subject: RE: What makes a new song a folk song?
Should have added for the sake of clarity, the 1954 definition describes a TRADITION that has evolved through oral transmission, it does not specify that an individual song has to 'evolve through oral tradition'