List of European folk music traditions

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This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work. Similarly, the term traditions in this context does not connote any strictly-defined criteria. Music scholars, journalists, audiences, record industry individuals, politicians, nationalists and demagogues may often have occasion to address which fields of folk music are to a distinct group of people and with characteristics undiluted by contact with the music of other peoples; thus, the folk music traditions described herein overlap in varying degrees with each other. Sometimes, folk songs will often be passed down.

Europe

Country Elements Dance Instrumentation Other topics
Albanian [1]
Andalusian See Spanish
Andorran See Catalan
Arbereshi See Albanian
Austrian [2] [3]
Auvergnat See French
Balearic Islander See Catalan
Basque [4]
Bavarian See German
Belarusian
Bohemian See Czech
Bosnian [5][6][7]  [8]
Breton [9]
Bulgarian [10] Koprivshtitsa
Burgenland Croat See Croatian
Calabrian See Italian
Cantabrian [jisquíu]] o ijujú
Castilian See Spanish
Catalan [11] cantada
Cham See Albanian
Channel Islands[12] bachîn ringing
Cornish [13] Cornish carol gorsedd
Corsican See French
Croatian [14] tamburitza
Cypriot See Greek or Turkish
Czech [15]
Dalmatian See Croatian
Danish [16] fanik accordion
Dutch [17]
Emilian See Italian
English [18] [19]
Estonian [20] Kalevipoeg
Faroese [21]
Finnish [22] Kalevala
Flemish [23]
Florentine See Italian
Formentera See Catalan
Frisian [24]
French [25]
Galician [26]
Gascon See French
Genoese See Italian
German[27]
Gheg See Albanian
Greek [28]
Gypsy See Romani (Gypsy)
Hungarian [29] táncház
Ibiza See Catalan
Icelandic [30] saga
Irish [31]  [32]
Istrian See Croatian
Italian [33] tarantolati
Karelian See Finnish
Kvarnerian See Croatian
Lab See Albanian
Latvian [34]
Lithuanian [34]
Lombard See Italian
Majorca See Catalan
Manx [35]
Macedonian [36]
Menorca See Catalan
Moldovan See Romanian
Montenegrin [37] Montenegrin epic poetry gusle
Moravian See Czech
Neapolitan See Italian
Norwegian [38] kappleikar
Occitan See French
Piedmontese See Italian
Pityusan Islander See Catalan
Polish [39] dozynki
Pontic Greek[40][41] {{{Other}}}
Portugal [42]
Provenç See French
Puglian See Italian
Romani (Gypsy) [43]
Romanian [44] capra
Roussillon See Catalan
Russian [45]
Sami [46] noaite
Sardinian See Italian
Scottish [47]
Serbian [48] izvorna
Sicilian See Italian
Slavonian See Croatian
Slovak [49]
Slovenian [50]
Spanish [51]
Swedish [52]
Swiss [53] yodeling alphorn
Tosk See Albanian
Transylvanian See Hungarian and Romanian
Ukrainian [54]
Valencian See Catalan
Venetian See Italian
Vlach [37] Pomana
Walloon [23] fiddle
Welsh [55]


Notes

  1. ^ Burton, Kim, "The Eagle Has Landed", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 1–6; World Music Central Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine; Koco, Eno. Albanian Music. Leeds-Tiranë: University of Leeds. Retrieved 2005-08-28.; "Bashkim Braho: Albanian folk dance". Massachusetts Cultural Council. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
  2. ^ Bohlman, pp. 210; Wagner, Christoph, "Soul Music of Old Vienna", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 13–15; *""Volksmusik", "Unterhaltungsmusik", "Kammermusik", "Blasmusik", "Schnadahüpfl" and "Jodler"". AEIOU. Retrieved April 5, 2006.
  3. ^ The landler and the ländler are not the same dance, despite the similarity in name
  4. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 109–112; Krümm, Philippe and Jean-Pierre Rasle, and Jan Fairley, "Music of the Regions" and "A Tale of Celts and Islanders" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 103–113 and 292–297; World Music Central Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine; "Folk music and poetry". Bizkaia.net. Retrieved April 20, 2006.; Hobgoblin Info Source; "TAP Program Notes". Traditional Arts Program. Archived from the original on November 30, 2005. Retrieved April 20, 2006.; "What is the Txistu?". Txistulari.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2005. Retrieved April 20, 2006."Txalaparta". Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. Retrieved April 20, 2006.; Murua, Angel (1993). "Folklore and Traditions". The Basque Country, Come and then pass the word (2nd ed.). Gobierno Vasco, Departamento de Comercio, Consuma, y Turismo. Viceconsejeria de Turismo. Retrieved 2006-04-17.
  5. ^ Burton, Kim. "Sad Songs of Sarajevo". Rough Guide to World Music. pp. 31–35.
  6. ^ Slobin, Mark. "Europe/Peasant Music-Cultures of Eastern Europe". Worlds of Music. pp. 167–207.
  7. ^ "Art". Bosnians, Their History and Culture. Archived from the original on February 16, 2006. Retrieved April 20, 2006.
  8. ^ The novokomponovana narodna muzika style is clearly not folk music in a scholarly sense, but may be more loosely termed traditional
  9. ^ Ritchie, pp. 49, 60, 79; Krümm, Philippe and Jean-Pierre Rasle, "Music of the Regions" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 103–113; Sawyer, pp. 5, 14–15, 58, 133; World Music Central Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine; Winick, Steven D., "Brittany", in Mathieson, pp. 110–139; Ceolas; Winick, Stephen D. (Summer 1995). "Breton Folk Music, Breton Identity, And Alan Stivell's Again". Journal of American Folklore. 108 (429): 334–354. doi:10.2307/541889. JSTOR 541889. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 2006-04-17.
  10. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, p. 84; Burton, Kim, "The Mystery Voice", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 36–45; Slobin, Mark, "Europe/Peasant Music-Cultures of Eastern Europe" in Worlds of Music, pp. 167–207; Vollan, Ståle Tvete (1999). Bulgarsk folkemusikk – musikktradisjon og feltarbeid (MA thesis) (in Norwegian). Norwegian University of Science and Technology.; "May It Fill Your Soul". Central Europe Review. Retrieved April 19, 2006.; "Bulgarian Folk Instruments". Lark in the Morning: A World of Music. Retrieved April 19, 2006.; "Bulgarian dances". Eliznik Romania. Retrieved April 19, 2006.; "Kopanica (Sopluk & Trakia, Bulgaria)". Dunav. Archived from the original on April 13, 2006. Retrieved April 19, 2006.
  11. ^ Catalan folk music can be taken to not include the music of the Balearic Islands; however, for the purposes of this list, the islands are included with Catalonia; Krümm, Philippe and Jean-Pierre Rasle, and Jan Fairley, "Music of the Regions" and "A Tale of Celts and Islanders" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 103–113 and 292–297; Stanley Sadie, ed. (1980). "Spain". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 20. London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-174-9.; Hobgoblin Info Source; "Report and Projects: Music in the Balearic and Pityusan Islands". Judith R.Cohen, Esperança Bonet Roig and Manel Frau. Archived from the original on August 30, 2006. Retrieved April 23, 2006.; "For Culture Lovers". FEVA. Archived from the original on November 15, 2004. Retrieved September 28, 2005.
  12. ^ Johnson, Henry. Maintaining and Creating Heritage (PDF). Small Island Cultures Research Initiative. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-07-15. Retrieved 2006-04-29.
  13. ^ Ritchie, p. 48; ; Sawyer, pp. 16–17; "Cornish Music". Real Cornwall. Archived from the original on September 24, 2006. Retrieved May 1, 2006.
  14. ^ Burton, Kim, "Sad Songs of Sarajevo" and "Toe Tapping Tamburicas", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 31–35 and 46–48; "Present". Folk Ensemble Filip Devic. Archived from the original on February 3, 2006. Retrieved May 5, 2006.; "The Moreska Dance". Korčula.net. Retrieved May 6, 2006.; "Croatia: A Diverse Culture". Footnotes (59). October 2000. Archived from the original on 2006-02-18. Retrieved 2006-05-06.
  15. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, p. 91; Plocek, Jiri, "East Meets West", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 49–57; "Folk Music". MSN Encarta. Archived from the original on October 29, 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2006.
  16. ^ Cronshaw, Andrew, "A New Pulse for the Pols", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 58–63
  17. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 53–75; Bloemendaal, Wim, "Tilting at Windmills" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 207–210; Kinney, pp. 156–163
  18. ^ "Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 53–75; Ritchie, p. 73; Irwin, Colin, "England's Changing Roots", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 64–82; Kinney, pp. 156–163; Sawyer, pp. 5, 99–100". World Music Central. 2006-02-07. Archived from the original on 2006-02-07.
  19. ^ Nettl notes that broadside ballads were primarily a form of popular music, but that many such ballads entered the folk repertoire.
  20. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 53–75; Cronshaw, "Singing Revolutions", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 16–24
  21. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 53–75; Cronshaw, Andrew, "A New Pulse for the Pols", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 58–63
  22. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 53–75, 87; Cronshaw, Andrew, "New Runes", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 91–102
  23. ^ a b Rans, Paul, "Flemish, Walloon and Global Fusion", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 25–30
  24. ^ Bloemendaal, Wim, "Tilting at Windmills" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 207–210
  25. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 102–106; Krümm, Philippe and Jean-Pierre Rasle, and Alessio Surian, "Music of the Regions" and "Tenores and Tarantellas" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 103–113 and 189–201; Kinney, pp. 156–163
  26. ^ Ritchie, pp. 51, 76; Jan Fairley, "A Tale of Celts and Islanders" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 292–297; Sawyer, pp. 5, 19; World Music Central Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  27. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 53–75, 80; Hunt, Ken, "Kraut Kaunterblast" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 114–125; Kinney, pp. 156–163
  28. ^ Manuel, Popular Musics, pp. 127–132; Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, p. 92; Dubin, Marc and George Pissalidhes, "Songs of the Near East" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 126–142
  29. ^ Bohlman, p. 199; Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 53–75; Broughton, Simon, "A Musical Mother Tongue" and "Taraf Traditions"in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 159–167 and 237–247; Slobin, Mark, "Europe/Peasant Music-Cultures of Eastern Europe" in Worlds of Music, pp. 167–207; Kinney, pp. 190–192; World Music Central Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  30. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 53–75; Cronshaw, Andrew, "Waiting for the Thaw" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 168–169
  31. ^ Ritchie, pp. 15–17, 32–33, 60, 67, 72, 74–75, 77, 80–81; Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 53–75; O'Connor, Nuala, "Dancing at the Virtual Crossroads" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 170–188; Kinney, pp. 156–163; Sawyer, pp. 5, 7–10, 36–37, 55–56, 101–105, 111–112, 117–121, 172–176, 232–233
  32. ^ The bouzouki is a relatively recent import that is often considered to not be a traditional instrument. O'Connor, however, acknowledges that though "it might seem odd", the bouzouki has "taken firm root" in traditional music.
  33. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 106–109; Krümm, Philippe and Jean-Pierre Rasle, and Alessio Surian, "Music of the Regions" and "Tenores and Tarantellas" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 103–113 and 189–201; Kinney, pp. 156–163; World Music Central Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  34. ^ a b Cronshaw, "Singing Revolutions", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 16–24
  35. ^ Ritchie, p. 43; Sawyer, pp. 5, 17–18
  36. ^ Manuel, Popular Musics, pp. 137–139; Burton, Kim, "Tricky Rhythms" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 202–206
  37. ^ a b Burton, Kim, "Balkan Beats" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 273–276
  38. ^ Bohlman, p. 210; Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 53–75; Cronshaw, Andrew, "Fjords and Fiddles" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 211–218; Sawyers, pp. 79–81; World Music Central Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  39. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 91–92; Broughton, Simon, "Hanging on in the Highlands" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 219–224; Kinney, pp. 190–191; World Music Central Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  40. ^ Tsekouras, Ioannis (2016). Nostalgia, Emotionality, and Ethno-Regionalism in Pontic Parakathi Singing (PhD). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  41. ^ Şentürk, Onur (June 2020). "Karadeniz Kemençesinin Yunanistan'daki İcra Geleneği" [Traditional Playing of the Black Sea Fiddle in Greece]. Erdem (in Turkish) (78): 189–212. doi:10.32704/erdem.749159. ISSN 1010-867X.
  42. ^ Manuel, Popular Musics, p. 115; Cronshaw, Andrew and Paul Vernon, "Traditional Riches, Fate and Revolution" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 225–236
  43. ^ Manuel, Popular Musics, pp. 121, 165; Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 115–116; Plocek, Jiri, "East Meets West", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 49–57; Broughton, Simon, "Kings and Queens of the Road" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 146–158; Kinney, pp. 121–155; World Music Central Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  44. ^ Broughton, Simon, "Taraf Traditions" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 237–247; Slobin, Mark, "Europe/Peasant Music-Cultures of Eastern Europe" in Worlds of Music, pp. 167–207
  45. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, p. 87; Broughton, Simon and Tatiana Didenko, "Music of the People" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 248–254; Slobin, Mark, "Europe/Peasant Music-Cultures of Eastern Europe" in Worlds of Music, pp. 167–207
  46. ^ Cronshaw, Andrew, "Joiks of the Tundra" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 255–260
  47. ^ Ritchie, pp. 15–16, 18, 38–39, 40–41, 62, 66, 71–73, 80; Heywood, Pete and Colin Irwin, "From Strathspeys to Acid Croft" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 261–272; Kinney, pp. 156–163; Sawyer, pp. 5, 10–13, 36–37, 39, 80–82, 88–101, 113–116, 121–126, 131–133, 146, 162–164, 202
  48. ^ "Burton, Kim, "Sad Songs of Sarajevo", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 31–35; Burton, Kim, "Balkan Beats" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 273–276; Kinney, pp. 189–190".
  49. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, p. 91; Plocek, Jiri, "East Meets West", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 49–57
  50. ^ Burton, Kim, "The Sound of Austro-Slavs" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 277–278
  51. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 113–117; Cronshaw, Andrew and Paul Vernon, and Jan Fairley, "Traditional Riches, Fate and Revolution" and "A Tale of Celts and Islanders" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 225–236 and 292–297; Kinney, pp. 121–155; McKinney and Anderson, pp. 614–616; World Music Central Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  52. ^ Bohlman, p. 210; Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 53–75; Cronshaw, Andrew, "Fjords and Fiddles" and "A Devil of a Polska" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 211–218 and 298–307; Kinney, pp. 156–163; World Music Central Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  53. ^ Hunt, Ken, "Kraut Kaunterblast" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 114–125; Kinney, pp. 156–163
  54. ^ Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, p. 87; Kochan, Alexs and Julian Kytasty, "The Bandura Played On" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 308–312
  55. ^ Ritchie, pp. 4, 44–46, 71; Nettl, Folk and Traditional Music, pp. 53–75; Price, William, "Harps, Bards and the Gwerin" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pp. 313–319; ; Sawyer, pp. 5, 13–14, 38–39

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