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American Folklife Center and Folk music

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Difference between American Folklife Center and Folk music

American Folklife Center vs. Folk music

The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC was created by Congress in 1976 "to preserve and present American Folklife". Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

Similarities between American Folklife Center and Folk music

American Folklife Center and Folk music have 10 things in common (in Unionpedia): Alan Lomax, American folk music, Appalachia, Ethnic group, Folklore, John Lomax, Library of Congress, Robert Winslow Gordon, United States, World War II.

Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century.

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American folk music

The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as traditional music, traditional folk music, contemporary folk music, or roots music.

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Appalachia

Appalachia is a cultural region in the Eastern United States that stretches from the Southern Tier of New York to northern Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia.

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Ethnic group

An ethnic group, or an ethnicity, is a category of people who identify with each other based on similarities such as common ancestry, language, history, society, culture or nation.

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Folklore

Folklore is the expressive body of culture shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group.

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John Lomax

John Avery Lomax (September 23, 1867 – January 26, 1948) was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist, and a folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk music.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.

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Robert Winslow Gordon

Robert Winslow Gordon (September 2, 1888 – March 26, 1961) was educated at Harvard.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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American Folklife Center and Folk music Comparison

American Folklife Center has 30 relations, while Folk music has 609. As they have in common 10, the Jaccard index is 1.56% = 10 / (30 + 609).

References

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