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And this is the origin of pop music: it's a professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music as well.

Pete Seeger
Art, Pops, Fine
"Show 1 - Play A Simple Melody: American pop music in the early fifties, Part 1". Interview on radio documentary series "Pop Chronicles", digital.library.unt.edu. February 14, 1968.
And this is the origin of pop music: it's a professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music as well.