These works drew from native Brazilian legends and the use of "primitive" folk material.

Studious use of folk material does not make a national music.

Like Stravinsky, they connected the dissonance in folk material with new art.

Her success has always been to theatricalize folk material without souping it up.

Rodolfo Halffter uses folk material, but he is not used by it.

Much of the borrowed folk material is oriental in origin.

The focus is on Asia and the silk trade, but folk material has been deliberately played down.

When should folk materials be extricated from the historic context of their origins?

She is rather a choreographer who colors authentic folk material with a tap technique.

Handy was an educated musician who used folk material in his compositions.