List of European folk music traditions

This article will address List of European folk music traditions from a broad and detailed perspective, with the aim of providing the reader with a complete overview of the topic in question. Different related aspects will be analyzed, such as its origin, evolution, repercussions and possible future challenges. Likewise, various opinions and approaches will be explored with the purpose of offering a comprehensive and balanced vision. Through a journey through the different points of view and relevant studies, this article will seek to provide the reader with a deep and enriching understanding of List of European folk music traditions.

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
] 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

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  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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