The term popular music means different things to different people so it is very hard to define. Its definition had changed over the decades and people’s opinions about it and around it are different. The oxford English dictionary defines popular as “liked or enjoyed by a large number of people” Despite this also being many peoples first understanding, its meaning is much wider. Raymound Williams defined it as a term that came from a legal term ‘popularis’ which meant belonging to the people.
Popular music has changed throughout history. In the 16th century it was considered vulgar and ‘of the common people’ but by the 18th and 19th century it was heavily favoured. It can be said that popular music is easily accessible and is commercially orientated meaning it is made for profit. Folk music was seen as popular music which was made in small rural communities. Everyone has a different view on what is popular.
Popular music has changed throughout history. In the 16th century it was considered vulgar and ‘of the common people’ but by the 18th and 19th century it was heavily favoured. It can be said that popular music is easily accessible and is commercially orientated meaning it is made for profit. Folk music was seen as popular music which was made in small rural communities. Everyone has a different view on what is popular.
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