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Contemporary world music

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"Contemporary world music will contain 50,000 tracks that delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent. The database will contain important genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku and more. This database is a complementary database to Smithsonian global sound for libraries - it includes a blend of contemporary and traditional world music recordings from many labels throughout the world"--About the database.

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Subject headings

  • World music--Databases.
  • Chamber music--Databases.
  • Music--Juvenile--Databases.
  • Dance music--Databases.
  • Folk music--Databases.
  • Instrumental music--Databases.
  • Sacred music--Databases.
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