On Jan 14, 2007, at 8:15 PM, John Howell wrote:
I wonder, though, when the separation between country folk and town (rather than city) folk might have happened historically. Could we be looking at the start of the "Early Modern" period (a term which music historians generally don't use), following the devastating plagues of the 14th century that carried away a third of the population of Europe
No, I believe this is something that automatically happens whenever you get cities (broadly so called) in any culture. City and country people live different lives in different places, so they have different music. Certainly the distinction betw. pop and folk can be made in every modern culture (not just the West but India, Japan, the Arab world, etc.). I believe there is even evidence supporting this distinction in ancient times.
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