Charles Rosen Quote

Folk music is always considered a good thing. There is a catch, however: it has to be "real" folk music, anonymous, evoking not an individual but a communal personality, expressive of the soil.


Ch. 7 : Chopin: From the Miniature Genre to the Sublime Style - The Romantic Generation (1995)


Folk music is always considered a good thing. There is a catch, however: it has to be real folk music, anonymous, evoking not an individual but a...

Folk music is always considered a good thing. There is a catch, however: it has to be real folk music, anonymous, evoking not an individual but a...

Folk music is always considered a good thing. There is a catch, however: it has to be real folk music, anonymous, evoking not an individual but a...

Folk music is always considered a good thing. There is a catch, however: it has to be real folk music, anonymous, evoking not an individual but a...