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Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries This link opens in a new window
Produced in partnership with the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and the archival audio collections of various legendary recording labels, this unique database includes music from around the world along with notes, images, video and lesson plans. Search by culture, genre, instrument, year, etc.
Ethnographic Sound Archives Online This link opens in a new window
This unique audio collection brings together over 2,000 hours of previously unpublished historic field recordings from around the world, alongside their supporting field notes and ethnographers’ metadata, providing a path of study of music in its cultural context. Heay focus on music obtained from field expeditions during the 1960s thru 1980s.
Music Online (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new window
This multidisciplinary collection of audiovisual content touches on the curriculum needs of virtually every music department. Listening allows students and researchers alike to analyze unique and valuable content from over 500 producers and distributors around the world. Includes Music Online: American Music, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, Jazz Music Library, Listening, Popular Music Library as well as access to Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries.

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music by Bruno Nettl (Editor); Ruth M. Stone (Editor); James Porter (Editor); Timothy Rice (Editor)
ISBN: 9780815318651
Publication Date: 1999-11-01
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
PRINT in library. Call # REF Level 2: ML100 .G16 1998
The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. I by Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Covers Africa, South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, the United States, Canada, Europe, and Oceana. The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. I is one of two volumes that is a condensed version of the complete 10 volume Garland Encyclopedia of World Music.
Publication Date: 2013-01-11
The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. II by Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Covers The Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia. The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Vol. II is one of two volumes that is a condensed version of the complete 10 volume Garland Encyclopedia of World Music.
Publication Date: 2013-01-11