Dusty has written a book that follows cummunication around the world through the medium of music. As we step into the 20th Century, we observe a lessening of diversity with other cultures. Rapid travel allowed musicians and composers to evaluate variations and find agreements more quickly. Mass communication allowed the development of an ability for composition with a variety of tastes and skills. This ultimately brought a blending of elements.
Folk music is important to community life.
It is music that usually thrives outside of elite or educational institutions. It provides creative means of exploring, expressing and communicating values with one another and with the outside world. Folk music is the music an ethnic community uses to identify itself. Nearly all of humanity shares folk music. Folk songs are communal compositions.