folk songs
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The Edinburgh-based publisher George Thomson hired Beethoven in 1809 to create salon arrangements of Scottish folk songs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Born in June 1943 in Pannaipuram, Tamil Nadu, as R Gnanathesikan, Ilaiyaraaja was raised on the folk songs and ballads sung by his father, a cardamom estate supervisor.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Gill gravitates toward old Punjabi music — the folk songs and ballads of artists like Kuldeep Manak and Yamla Jatt, whose music carries within it the myths, legends, and rural views of Punjab.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
Outside the hall, musicians played folk songs on a small stage.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
She sings French folk songs in a screechy falsetto, harbors a weakness for sherry, and regularly falls asleep standing up.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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