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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ethnic, music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- (Music in a style characteristic of foreign-born people.): As an American, I enjoy listening to American music like jazz and country, but I don't like ethnic music.
- (Any kind of traditional or folk music.): Popular and classical music are so stuffy, I prefer listening to the rootsy sounds of ethnic music.
- (Music in a distinct style associated with an ethnicity.): Hungarians produce a lot of good rock and hip hop music, but it's their ethnic music that I find especially interesting.
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The classic body of recordings of Central and Eastern European immigrants to the United States from the early to mid-20th century, and music in that style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
- 2012. Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8. "Ethnic Music". Martin Stokes. Pg 204. By 1920 Columbia and Victor had issued around 21,000 copies of ethnic music each.
- 2003. Horn Man: The Polish-American Musician in Twentieth-century Detroit. Laurie Palazzolo. Pg. 83. This period marked the beginning of a wonderful, if short-lived, era for ethnic music.
- 1992. [A Passion for Polka: Old-time Ethnic Music in America]. Victor Greene. Pg. 245. Welk is much better known for his immensely successful programs over television, which began in the early 50s after the era of "ethnic music" acceptance
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the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: folk music, folk
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: popular music, popular music genre
Narrower terms: folk song, folksong, folk ballad, schottische, country music, country and western, C and W, gospel, gospel singing, square-dance music
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