The World Atlas of Musical Instruments
By Abrashev, Bozhidar, et al.
Call Number: Reference ML460 .A37 2012
The Rough Guide to World Music
By Broughton, Simon, et al.
Call Number: Reference ML102.W67 W67 1999
Origins and Development of Musical Instruments
By Montagu, Jeremy
Call Number: Reference ML460 .M76 2007
Jackson Library has many resources to explore on the topic of World Music. On this page is just a small sample of what we have to offer.
Online Journals
The world of music (new series) is an international scholarly journal dedicated to reporting and reflecting current theoretical perspectives on and research in the field of the world’s music and dance.
This journal provides a dynamic forum for the presentation of new thinking in the field of ethnomusicology, defined broadly as the study of "people making music", & encompasses the study of all music, including Western art music & popular music.
Aims to combine ethnomusicological, musicological, music educational and performance-based research in a unique way to promote the musical arts on the African continent.
Try a Bearcat Catalog Search for ethnomusicology OR world music.
Open Resources
In addition to a wide spectrum of musical performances from around the world, it includes stories, jokes, sermons, personal narratives, interviews conducted by Lomax and his associates
Explore more than a decade of Radio 3 on-location recordings from 2000 to the present in our World Music archive, recording the life and musical traditions of countries ranging from Brazil to North Korea and Cuba to Turkmenistan.
The Global Jukebox is dedicated to our remote ancestors, to our parents, grandparents and teachers, and is a gift offered to present and future generations—a gift of sound, movement, and growing knowledge.