MUSC 1151: Music of the World's Cultures
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Reference Sources:
- Provide background info/brief overviews on a subject
- Provide key terms, persons, etc. to add to database searches
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Music Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music [print edition]Main Level, Reference: R 780.9 G183G [10 volume set]
*Each print volume includes a music CD with representative music from different countries/regions/ethnic groups.
v.1 Africa; v.2 South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean; v.3 United States and Canada; v.4 Southeast Asia; v.5 South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent; v.6 The Middle East; v.7 East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea; v.8 Europe; v.9 Australia and the Pacific Islands; v.10 The World's Music: General Perspectives and Reference Tools -
New Grove Dictionary of Music and MusiciansMain Level, Reference: R 780.3 N42N [29 volume set]
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African American Music ReferenceComprehensive coverage of black musical expression from colonial times to the present, including blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, hip hop, and rap. Contains over 67,000 pages of text from a variety of material types, including discographies, biographies, anthologies, encyclopedias, critical works, lyrics, and more
Info on Musical Instruments
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Ethnomusicology Musical Instrument CollectionPhotographs, audio and videos of musical instruments from around the world
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New Grove Dictionary of Musical InstrumentsMain Level, Reference: R 781.9103 N42N [3 volume set]
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Oxford Companion to Musical InstrumentsMain Level, Reference: R 784.1903 B161O
*Tip: See also specific instrument names in the Garland and Grove Encyclopedias listed above.
