Research Guides: HLMU 3400: Global Music: Getting Started

Databases

Garland Music Online (Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online) This link opens in a new window
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. Browse and search hundreds of articles about the music of every continent in a single, integrated online collection.
Each volume contains an overview of a geographic region, a survey of its musical heritage, and a description of specific musical genres, practices, and performances. More than 9,000 pages of material and 300 audio recordings, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music.

Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples by Jeff Todd Titon
Call #: MAIN 781.6 W926
Publication Date: 2016
Based on the authors' fieldwork and expertise, the text's case study approach gives you a true sense of both the music and the culture that created it.
Worlds of Music CD Set by Jeff Todd Titon, et. al
Call #: MEDIA 781.6 W927
Publication Date: 2001
Compact discs to accompany Worlds of Music, 4th ed