23 mars 2022
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Jean-Nicolas De Surmont, « Chanson populaire et sa « populaire » épithète », ENS Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.enseditions.38158
So riddled with complexities has this question proved to be that one is tempted to follow the example of the legendary of folk song – ’all songs are folk songs ; I never heard horses sing « em » – and suggest that all music is popular music : popular with someone. Unfortunately, this would be empty the term of most of the meanings which it carries in actual discourse. However, it does have the merit of beginning to touch upon the multiple sources of these meanings : what I think « popular » y...