I’m afraid I’m not going to be able to remember the source for this, but I learned the following during my time in the music program at the University of Missouri. I’m fairly certain it would have been in Dr. Michael Budds’s American Music class.
Music, all music, fits into one of three categories.
The first is Fine Art music. This is music that is composed and performed by trained musicians for an elite or cultivated audience; music that is considered to be an elevated art form.
The second is Popular music. This is any music created for entertainment.
The third is Folk music. This is any music that is tied in with everyday life experiences in some fashion. This can include music associated with specific life events, or music involved in life’s more mundane or ordinary pursuits.
This will be the primary, fundamental subdivision in the Universal Music Classification system. These three categories will form the base from which all of the various styles branch out.
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Hi everyone, Dave here. This is just a quick note to let you know that due to school and other commitments, I am temporarily suspending this blog and will not be posting to it. I have to write this as a comment because Google has locked me out of my account for some reason. At this point, I do not have a time frame for resuming this project, but I hope that it will be soon. Thanks for your patiences.
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