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- DictionaryWorld mu·sic/wərld ˈmyo͞ozik/
noun
- 1. traditional music from the developing world.
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The term world music refers to the music of the world’s cultures. In the 1980s, world music was used to label non-English recordings released in Great Britain and the United States. This controversial category amalgamated the music of sources as diverse as Tuvan throat singers, Zimbabwean guitar bands, Pakistani qawwalī (Sufi-music) singers ...
The term world music refers to the music of the world’s cultures. In the 1980s, world music was used to label non-English recordings released in Great Britain and the United States. This controversial category amalgamated the music of sources as diverse as Tuvan throat singers, Zimbabwean guitar bands, Pakistani qawwalī (Sufi-music) singers ...
Sep 17, 2013 · Join us as we explore what world music really means and how it shapes the experiences of both the artists and audiences globally. Unpack the complexities of music in the age of globalization...
The term " world music ," meaning folk music from around the world, has been credited to ethnomusicologist Robert E. Brown, who coined it in the early 1960s at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, where he developed undergraduate through doctoral programs in the discipline.
world music, Musical genre incorporating diverse styles from Africa, eastern Europe, Asia, South and Central America, the Caribbean, and nonmainstream Western folk sources.
Jun 11, 2018 · BIBLIOGRAPHY. The term “ world music ” was first circulated in ethnomusicology (the study of music in or as culture) and entered Western popular culture as a category of musical commodity in the 1980s. It is a packaging of music “ from the outside ” into popular music primarily intended for Western consumers.
World Music is, to over-simplify, music from around the world. Sounds that reflect a particular culture through the use of geographically-specific musical structure, instruments, and in some cases, lyrics that also reflect a cultural or social reality.
