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Definition of Folk singer

1. Noun. A singer of folk songs.

Definition of Folk singer

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of folksinger), someone who sings folk music. ¹

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Literary usage of Folk singer

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1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"In art-songs the pauses at the subdivisions of the melody are covered up by the instrumental accompaniment; but the folk-singer, having no accompaniment, ..."

2. Essays in the Study of Folk-songs by Evelyn Martinengo Cesaresco (1886)
"One celebrated poet, and I think but one, has in our own times begun his career in like manner with the unknown folk-singer. The songs of Sandor Petofi were ..."

3. The Merry-go-round by Carl Van Vechten (1918)
"Here are his words [" English Folk-Song "] : " But, it must be remembered that the vocal method of the folk-singer is inseparable from the folk-song. ..."

4. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1876)
"NEW SERIES. with the unknown folk-singer. The songs of Sandor Petöfi were popular over the breadth of the Hungarian ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
""Ici " in C'est le bon tin qui danse ici can be nowhere else but in old France—le bon ri« alone proves this. And the Canadian folk-singer, though in a land ..."

6. Yearbook (1916)
"They make use of the same triad music that the folk-singer delights in. Or, to take a larger piece which is a little farther removed from this first stage ..."

7. The Bookman (1911)
"In a world composed almost wholly of young bachelors, where women and children are rare and the family does not exist, the folk-singer is either cut off ..."

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