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A comment on A Layman’s Intro to Western Classical Music. Parent comment

Re:A Layman’s Intro to Western Classical Music by alistoriv on Monday April 30, 2018 @11:29AM (#16959407)
Not to downplay the influence that the classical music tradition has had on popular music, I think it's incorrect to say that rock and pop are direct descendants of classical music. Rock music, for example, is very clearly directly descended from folk music traditions.
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Re:A Layman’s Intro to Western Classical Music by jonjacky on Monday April 30, 2018 @05:14PM (#16962421)
Sure, rock is also directly descended from folk, and other genres too. Musical genres can have several different direct ancestors.
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