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folk singing

American  

noun

  1. the singing of folk songs, especially by a group of people.


Etymology

Origin of folk singing

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, Vittorio Giampietro’s score — a spare meld of folk singing, percussion and lonely instruments — is its own artful coloring.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2022

But even if Llewyn can find it in himself to give up his dream of folk singing, is there anything else this glum, socially inept, uncompromising-to-a-fault artist is suited to do?

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2013

Euripides was a notoriously avant-garde composer, and this indicates one of the ways in which his music was heard to be wildly modern: it violated the long-held norms of Greek folk singing by neglecting word-pitch.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2013

He is also planning a production of Peter Pan with CocoRosie, the half-Cherokee folk singing sisters.

From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2012

It was driven by outlandish folk, singing strange songs: dwarves with long beards and deep hoods.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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