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| | MSN Encarta - Song |
 | | In the 16th century the lute song was developed by the lute composers of Spain, England, and France, who customarily sang their songs to their own lute accompaniment. |
 | | It is distinguished from the folk song—that is, a song, typical of a musically unsophisticated culture, that is originated by, and is part of the tradition of, a people. |
 | | Folk songs are primarily communal compositions—that is, they are anonymous expressions of the society or culture that produces them, although the melody and words of a specific song may have had their origin in a single, unknown individual. |
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