World Music

One of the defining aspects of music is that it exists in time. From clapping to dancing, toe-tapping to head-nodding, the responses of musicians a...

A practical but scholarly guide to Japanese instruments by one of the country's leading composers. The unique sounds of the biwa, shamisen, and ot...

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2022 China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) produced propaganda music that still stirs unease and, at tim...

Published in Association with the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and the Aga Khan Music ProgrammeExamines how the making, marketin...

WINNER OF THE 2022 MANDER JONES AWARDMusic, Dance and the Archive reimagines records of performance cultures from the archive through collaborative...

A landmark in Brazilian music scholarship, A Respectable Spell introduces English-speaking readers to the rich history of samba from its nineteenth...

The ten EPMOW Genre volumes contain entries on the genres of music that have been or currently are popular in countries and communities all over th...

Explore the entire, incredible journey of Bob Marley and the Wailers, and their enduring legacy, in this unique visual history. More than four deca...

During the 1960s and 70s some ethnomusicologists formed relationships with music-makers and ritual specialists in an attempt to interpret how they ...

During the 1960s and 70s some ethnomusicologists formed relationships with music-makers and ritual specialists in an attempt to interpret how they ...

for SATB with piano accompaniment and unaccompanied Furusato presents five evocative arrangements of Japanese songs. Each poem depicts the beauty o...

The term 'world music' encompasses both folk and popular music across the globe, as well as the sounds of cultural encounter and diversity, sacred ...