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Books
World music encompasses a wide variety of traditional and
new music and can be performed for both sacred and secular
purposes. Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
(with accompanying CDs)
Reference ML100 .G16 (multiple volumes, each of
a major geographic area, vol. 10 is general perspectives)Selected Reports in Ethnomusicology
Book Stacks ML3799 .C34 (some have
accompanying cassettes) World Beat: A Listener's Guide
to Contemporary World Music on CD
Book Stacks ML3470 .S65 1992World music: The Rough Guide
(see the Non-book section for information on the Rough
Guide series of CDs)
Book Stacks ML3545 .W66 1994
Non-Book
The CSUSM Media Library holds a large
number of CDs of world and ethnic music. Of special note is the
Rough Guide series, try typing "rough guide" as your
search term to see the entire collection.
The Media Library also holds a variety
of music videos. If you search under GENRE/FORM for
music, you will note two different listings
for 'music video recordings' and 'music videos'. Music videos are
normally performances of music while the video
recordings can be recorded interviews or instruction on
music. Ethno-musicology Periodicals ML1 .E77 (some older issues on
microform at C-934)World of Music
Periodicals ML5 .W67 (in print format, our holdings
begin with vol. 1 in 1959) Journals on music in electronic format
can be found by using the GENRE/FORM search option in
the library catalog. Type in Music and look for the
'music electronic journals' entry to access the list of
all journals we own in electronic full-text. Of special
interest will be
Ethnomusicology Online
Internet Sources
AfroPop Worldwide
While much of this site is commercially-oriented, it is
informative about artists, CD and book reviews and current
events concerning African popular music and performance.
American
Folklife Center
Originally founded to collect American folk music, the
scope has expanded to include a limited amount of
historical world folk music, much of which is available
through the American
Memory collection.
British Forum for Ethnomusicology
Focus on British and Irish folk music. The "What is
Ethnomusicology? and Related Links" page is the most
useful for Western European music sources online.
British Library Sound Archive:
World and Traditional Music
This site focuses on describing the collections
available at the British Library, but offers sound recordings
for online listening and links to websites of sound
archives, organizations and more.
Echoes of Africa
From the BBC, start with a geographic region and look at
instruments, read about artists (limited collection) and
listen to audio clips.
Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music Contents
Extensive portal of sites on organizations, journal
titles, record labels, and web pages from the University
of Washington.
National, International and World Music
Extensive list of links by country, leading to a variety
of commercial, academic, and personal sites, there is
something for everyone's focus here from the Indiana University
School of Music
UCLA
Ethnomusicology Archive
While frustrating to find that much of their holdings
are not available online, the trip to UCLA to access
these extensive holdings could be worth it. Be sure to
read "Access Policies"
Video On Demand
A collection of performances, lectures, interviews, and
installations recorded at UCSD. These are free to watch
using RealPlayer. Use the video finder subject divisions
to look at the offering (advise using the Arts & Music
collection and then using the "by subject" tab". A
title/keyword search option is available also. Of
interest is the World Music section, other useful
materials may be found in the "Humanities" area under
African & African-American Studies and Ethnic Studies.
World Music
Central
This site offers a variety of materials based on reader
input as well as articles from a variety of publications
and biographies.
Composers & Performers
Look for the musician's home page--but be sure it is the
authorized site and not one put up by a fan who can easily
post misinformation and misinterpretation of the artist and
their intent. Frequently, the
home page will be hosted by the record label of the artist.
If the artist is from a developing nation, reliable
information could be very difficult to come by.
BBC World
Music
While offering a limited number of links for world music
artists, there are sound clips, brief biographical
information notes, reviews, and links to related sites
and further reading.
Individual Musicians (All Genres) and Popular Groups
Assembled by Indiana University, this covers a broad
range of musical artists
Mondomix: The online world music magazine
Interviews, reviews and where available, links to the
performer's web site.
Rough Guide to Music (World)
While basically a site to promote purchase of books and
videos, there is some brief information offered about
artists, their instruments, and the style of music they
play.
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