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World Music:

A Global Journey
Before the Trip Begins

Fundamental Issues
Music is
Music vs. Noise
Music is Universal,
NOT a Universal Language
Folk vs. Classical vs. Popular Music

Ethnomusicology

Preparation
Fieldwork
Analysis
Dissemination

Representation
Choosing what we study
Frances Densmore recording a
Piegan Indian, c.1916

Resources
References
Garland Encyclopedias of World Music
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Rough Guide: World Music

Video
JVC/Smithsonian Anthologies

CDs
Smithsonian-Folkways
Lyrichord, Rounder, Nonesuch, etc.

Journals
Ethnomusicology, Ethnomusicology Forum, etc.

Mercator Projection

Robinson Projection

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