Popular music


 

Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. It stands in contrast to classical music, which historically was the music of elites or the upper strata of society, and traditional folk music which was shared non-commercially. It is sometimes abbreviated to pop music, although pop music is more often used for a narrower branch of popular music.

Related Topics:
Music - Musical styles - Classical music - Folk music - Pop music

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Introduction
Definitions
Theories of popular music
The nature of popular music
Performance of popular music by amateurs
Form
Performers
Genres
Classical music and popular music
See also
External Links
Sources

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