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Published books available to read online or download. (Subscription resource. Log-in required for off-campus access.)
You can browse a list of books on music from around the world
CD 25
Music from China [sound recording] Chinese Blossom Orchestra
CD 238
The heavenly orchestra of Bali [sound recording] Gamelan Semar Pegulingan Saih Pitu
CD 265
Putumayo presents Asian groove [sound recording]
Stacks 780.95 M297m
Music Cultures of the Pacific, the Near East, and Asia
Stacks 781.75982 L645j
Javanese Gamelan
Use the Castleton Library Catalog to browse or search for books and more in the holdings of the VSC libraries. These subject headings, or their subheadings, might be helpful.
Music Africa (or another geographic location)
Ethnomusicology
Folk music
World music
Sources of recordings
Links collected by the University of Washington Music Library
BBC Music and BBC Radio 3
Ethnomusicology organizations and institutions
Links collected by the University of Washington Music Library
Global Jukebox
Presents a variety of audio, visual, and written materials created by and around renowned ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax. Lomax traveled and made recording across large sections of the US, Europe, and the Caribbean, including songs, speech, dance, and other expressive culture.
Global music archive
Features a Digital Collection of East African Recordings
LANIC: Music (Latin American Network Information Center at Univ. of Texas)
Regional Music Resources from the Latin American Network Information Center
World and Traditional Music
Digitized recordings, from the British Library
Europeana Collections: Music
"Opening the gateway to Europe’s sound and music heritage."
See the
places/cultures
resources on the Global Studies guide
Ethnomusicology Musical Instrument Collection from the University of Washington. Includes audio and video.
Transcultural Music Review
(some articles are in English, some in Spanish)
Musics of the Soviet Union
Audiocassette 189
Putumayo Presents Rumba Flamenco
CD 272
Putumayo Presents Celtic Tides
CD 286