Music genres distributed to large audiences and considered to have wide appeal

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A man plays the fiddle at a tavern table as another sings and others listen. Engraving by J. Heudelot, late 18th century, after A. van Ostade.

Life and death on the New York dance floor, 1980-1983 / Tim Lawrence.

Soundscapes of wellbeing in popular music / edited by Gavin J. Andrews, Paul Kingsbury and Robin A. Kearns.

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Life and death on the New York dance floor, 1980-1983 / Tim Lawrence.

Soundscapes of wellbeing in popular music / edited by Gavin J. Andrews, Paul Kingsbury and Robin A. Kearns.

A man plays the fiddle at a tavern table as another sings and others listen. Engraving by J. Heudelot, late 18th century, after A. van Ostade.