119:. In 1936 she was a founding member of the International Folk Music Council. Her work was described as "dance ritual archaeology" by a fellow scholar. "She was especially concerned with the degenerative popular adaptation of traditional customs and media representation," wrote another folklorist, Paul Cowdell, of her strong interest in authenticity.
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