Links
Links related to Ethnomusicology and World Music
The links below are limited only to those which we have seen ourselves.
In reality, there are numerous more related sites.
We hope that you are able to find the information from the sites below useful
Organizations, Institutions, Archives, Research Centers
CDs & CD-ROMs
Web Journals
Asia (not including West Asia)
West Asia & Maghreb
Europe
Africa
United States
Miscellaneous
Organizations, Institutions, Archives, Research Centers
- National Museum of Japanese History
- The National Museum of Ethnology
Includes descriptions and photographs of music and musical instruments.
- Gakkigaku Shiryokan (Collection for Organology), Kunitachi College of Music
- Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments
- International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- The International House of Japan
- The Japan Foundation
- IAML Japanese Branch
- The Library of Congress
- IAML (International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres)
- ICTM (International Council for Traditional Music)
- SEM (Society for Ethnomusicology)
- American Musicological Society
Further links related to ethnomusicology listed.
- Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University
- UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive
- The International Music Archives
Data related to music and musical instruments from around the world that were compiled with the purpose of being used as educational materials. Included in the musical instrument data are pictures of each instrument, explanations and sound
samples.
- Internet Ethnomusicology Resources
A list compiled by John Gibbs in the UW Music Library
- Ethnomusicology Research Digest
EthnoFORUM's electronic periodical, created in 1989. Recent files are not yet opened to the general public.
- CDs & CD-ROMs
- World Beat
A critique of CD-ROMs by Robert Garfias.
- Web Journals
- Ethnomusicology OnLine
Further links listed.
- Asia (not including West Asia)
- Tennou-ji gakuso, Garyou-kai
- The Japan Gagaku Society
- Gagaku (Japanese Court Music & Dance)
- Sounds of Shomyo
Buzan Branch of the Shingon Sect. Music samples can be heard.
- Hirano Kenji Japanese Classical Music Bunko
- The Association for International Exchange of Japanese Music
Japanese Music Multi-Media DataBases (for contemporary works and classical works) are uploaded.
- Christopher Yohmei Blasdel
Shakuhachi Performer, Lecturer on Japanese Music, and author.
- Japanese flutes
Music examples can be heard. An abundance of further links related to Noh, Kabuki, Matsuri (festivals), Gagaku, musical instruments, etc.
- Kuribayashi Hideaki's Homepage
Koto performer & composer. Music examples can be heard.
- Yasue Horiuchi's Koto Music Home Page
Music examples can be heard.
- Oryza's Home Page
An ensemble group of modern Japanese musicBMusic examples can be heard.
- Naga-uta Drawer
Music examples can be heard.
- Taiko Group Sites
- Rolling Thunder
A Japanese drum (taiko) shop located in California, USA. Includes a taiko resource database.
- The Throat-Singing Society
Detailed explanations of how to perform throat-singing, called khoomii or khoomei. Music examples can be heard.
- World of Guqin Music
The East Asia Guqin Learning Laboratory. Music examples can be heard.
- Chinese Music Society of North America
- Ancient Chinese Music
Music examples of traditional Chinese music can be heard.
- John Thompson and the Guqin Silk String Zither
- The Guqin and its Music
- Tugging at the Native's Heartstrings: Nostalgia and the Post-Mao "Revival" of the Xian Shi Yue String Ensemble Music of Chaozhou, South China
A summary of Mercedes Dujunco's Ph.D. dissertation.
- From Religion to Former Theatres
A thesis written by Toru KATOU. Deals with the musical considerations of Chinese theatre.
- Peking (Beijing) Opera
- Beijing Opera
A personal home page of Xu-Ming Wang at Syracuse University.
- Kunqu Opera
A personal home page of Xu-Ming Wang at Syracuse University.
- Accordion, Bach, and China
A description of their relationship of these three with the Chinese Sheng. Written by Toru KATOU.
- Tonal Structure in Burmese Music as Exemplified in the Piano Music of U Ko Ko
An essay by Robert Garfias.
- Stilling Time: Traditional Musics of Vietnam
A CD critique by Clifford Sloane.
- Indian Desert Songs
Songs of India on the Rutgers University Sounds Page. Includes a sound archives.
- Indian Music Home Page Japan
Explanations, etc., of the classical music of North India.
- West Asia & Maghreb
- Arab Music Home Page
Music examples can be heard. An abundance of links to Arabic and Turkish music-related sites.
- Arabic Classical Music
- Europe
- The Bagpipe Web
- Ballad and gender: Reconsidering narrative singing in Northern Italy
An essay by Tullia Magrini.
- Irish Music Magazine
- Africa
- Encyclopedia of African Music (Music from Africa and the African Dispora)
Explanations regarding the music of 25 African countries, and the relationship between the music of Brazil and the Caribbean Islands and traditional African music. Explanations made according to country. Also included are explanations, pictures, and sound examples of important instruments, and pictures of performances. Further links listed.
- African Music and Dance Ensemble
- United States
- Heartbeat: Voices of First Nations Women (Native American Women)
A CD critique made by Johanna Hofmann.
- Miscellaneous
- World Music Workshops
Experience the rhythms of Africa, Bali, and India through a rhythm training workshop over the Internet. Included are explanations of individual instruments, an introduction to rhythm patterns using MIDI, and rhythm pattern scores.
- Katou's Accordion Room
The complete source to the accordion written by Toru KATOU. Includes further links and event information.
- Meeting of Frontiers (A multimedia English-Russian digital library)
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