folk-songn.

Brit.

/ˈfəʊksɒŋ/, U.S.

/ˈfoʊkˌsɔŋ/,

/ˈfoʊkˌsɑŋ/

Forms: Earlier folk's song.

Etymology: < folk n. + song n.¹, after German volkslied.

A song originating from the common people; also, a modern imitation of such a song; also collective singular.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > folk-song

country air1595

folk-song1847

1847 Howitt's Jrnl. 17 Apr. 212/1 The Three Little Roses. A German Folk's song. Translated by Mary Howitt.

1870 W. E. A. Axon (title) Folk song and folk-speech of Lancashire.

1871 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 573 In a large collection of folk-songs from all the chief Dravidian languages, not one may be called immoral, not one cheerful.

1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 283/1 It was not till the publication of Allan Ramsay's Evergreen and Tea Table Miscellany, and of Bishop Percy's Reliques, that a serious effort was made to recover Scotch and English folk-songs from the recitation of the old people who still knew them by heart.

1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xvi Germany is rich in folk-songs,..but ‘The Lorelei’ is the people's favourite.

1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 584/2 In some countries of Europe the development of the Song can be followed from the primitive form of folk-song to the highest type of artistic composition.

1887 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 338 The idyllic bond between shepherd and sheep has formed the subject of many quaintly graceful Roumanian folk-songs.

1907 C. J. Sharp (title) English Folk-Song.

1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 272/2 Folklore or folksong..belong to such small, scattered, isolated groups.

1965 M. Morse Unattached v. 180 Folk-song concerts.

1966 Listener 18 Aug. 236/2 That passage from Ecclesiastes which Pete Seeger has turned into a beautiful folk song.

Derivatives

ˈfolk-songish adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [adjective]

unaccompanied1818

madrigalian1848

madrigalesque1853

folk-songish1925

torchy1941

sing-along1959

1925 P. A. Scholes 2nd Bk. Gramophone Rec. 154 The dignity of Jupiter in a fine folk-songish strain.

folk-songy adj. resembling or relating to folk-song.

ΚΠ

1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 151 Vaughan Williams..whose style..without necessarily being folk-songy in the picturesque way, is intimately connected with the inflections and mood of English folk music.

1959 Times 11 May 3/7 I'm sure that the folk-songy sounds, the flattened leading notes and so on, are as artificial as a Tudor Tea Shoppe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	folk-song
释义	folk-songn. Brit. /ˈfəʊksɒŋ/, U.S. /ˈfoʊkˌsɔŋ/, /ˈfoʊkˌsɑŋ/ Forms: Earlier folk's song. Etymology: < folk n. + song n.¹, after German volkslied. A song originating from the common people; also, a modern imitation of such a song; also collective singular. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > folk-song country air1595 folk-song1847 1847 Howitt's Jrnl. 17 Apr. 212/1 The Three Little Roses. A German Folk's song. Translated by Mary Howitt. 1870 W. E. A. Axon (title) Folk song and folk-speech of Lancashire. 1871 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 573 In a large collection of folk-songs from all the chief Dravidian languages, not one may be called immoral, not one cheerful. 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 283/1 It was not till the publication of Allan Ramsay's Evergreen and Tea Table Miscellany, and of Bishop Percy's Reliques, that a serious effort was made to recover Scotch and English folk-songs from the recitation of the old people who still knew them by heart. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xvi Germany is rich in folk-songs,..but ‘The Lorelei’ is the people's favourite. 1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 584/2 In some countries of Europe the development of the Song can be followed from the primitive form of folk-song to the highest type of artistic composition. 1887 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 338 The idyllic bond between shepherd and sheep has formed the subject of many quaintly graceful Roumanian folk-songs. 1907 C. J. Sharp (title) English Folk-Song. 1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 272/2 Folklore or folksong..belong to such small, scattered, isolated groups. 1965 M. Morse Unattached v. 180 Folk-song concerts. 1966 Listener 18 Aug. 236/2 That passage from Ecclesiastes which Pete Seeger has turned into a beautiful folk song. Derivatives ˈfolk-songish adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [adjective] unaccompanied1818 madrigalian1848 madrigalesque1853 folk-songish1925 torchy1941 sing-along1959 1925 P. A. Scholes 2nd Bk. Gramophone Rec. 154 The dignity of Jupiter in a fine folk-songish strain. folk-songy adj. resembling or relating to folk-song. ΚΠ 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 151 Vaughan Williams..whose style..without necessarily being folk-songy in the picturesque way, is intimately connected with the inflections and mood of English folk music. 1959 Times 11 May 3/7 I'm sure that the folk-songy sounds, the flattened leading notes and so on, are as artificial as a Tudor Tea Shoppe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847
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