Obviously "handed down".....but why don't they credit who wrote it?
2006-11-12 12:29:29 · 5 answers · asked by kissmybum 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Traditional music can't be accredited to any specific person, because no one knows who wrote it. Some of the handed down folk tunes, for examply, or the old English tunes, were written several hundred years ago, in some cases, before music was notated and it was passed on in the oral tradition.
Many hymns are traditional as well, for the same reason. It just means no one knows who wrote it but it's good enough to have lasted for at least a hundred years.
2006-11-12 12:34:20 · answer #1 · answered by old lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually the song has been handed down and the Writer is unknown or the song has become part of the heritage of an era or place. Also traditional can have the meaning of a certain type of song that was written like most songs of that era. Actually now you could compare Rock N Roll as a Traditional piece of Music in that so many people have preformed the type of music it is now traditional that people preform it when they play. It is the norm rather than being outside of the norm! LOL!
2006-11-12 12:36:23 · answer #2 · answered by Rascal411 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many times, it is not known who actually wrote the original lyrics or melody. An example would be the Star Spangled Banner. The lyrics were written as a poem by Francis Scott Key... the music is a traditional beer drinking song. The Marine's Hymn was written by someone, obviously, but no one quite remembers who.
2006-11-12 12:33:44 · answer #3 · answered by Bradly S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-23 18:20:23 · answer #4 · answered by montieth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at that. *drooling*
2006-11-12 12:31:34 · answer #5 · answered by IMHO 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋