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Folk music education: initiatives in Finland

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Initiatives in folk music education in Finland have influenced contemporary folk music concepts and has gone on to influence world music. The transmission of folk music is examined not only orally from one generation to another but in transmission in terms of formal educational contexts in schools, music colleges and universities.

Author: Ramnarine, Tina Karina
Publisher: English Folk Dance and Song Society
Publication Name: Folk Music Journal
Subject: Music
ISSN: 0531-9684
Year: 1996
Finland, Folk music

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'The Captain's Apprentice' and the death of young Robert Eastwick of King's Lynn: a study in the development of a folk song

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'The Captain's Apprentice' is a folk song that was collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1905, but it may have been originally based on true events that happened in 1857. Different versions of the song are examined and compared with a newspaper report on the death of a ship's apprentice.

Author: James, Elizabeth
Publisher: English Folk Dance and Song Society
Publication Name: Folk Music Journal
Subject: Music
ISSN: 0531-9684
Year: 1999
England, Folk-songs, Folk songs, Sea songs

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Music at work: towards a historical overview

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The importance and the reasons for the existence of the gap between music and the sphere of work are highlighted. The crucial elements in the sociology of music and the work that were overlooked by scholars are explained.

Author: Korczynski, Marek
Publisher: English Folk Dance and Song Society
Publication Name: Folk Music Journal
Subject: Music
ISSN: 0531-9684
Year: 2003
Public affairs, Entertainers & entertainment groups, Other Performing Arts Companies, Musical Arts, Social aspects, Work environment

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Subjects list: Music, History
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