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Finding Audio & Video Materials

The Music collection includes books, scores, audio and visual materials on ethnomusicology, which reflect the history and practices in world and ethnic music traditions. Materials in the collection include works about and examples of ethnic musical instruments, traditional vocal music, folk and ethnic dance, religious and ceremonial music, for example, which offer insights into the cultural life of the world's peoples.

Selective audio and visual materials on specific countries and cultures, for example Japan and India, include:

Japan:
VC117 Bunraku
VC118 Gagaku - music, costume and dance of Japan
VC119 Nagauta - traditions of Kabuki music
VC120 Shinto festival music

India:
CD671 Musiques du Rajasthan
VC124 Discovering the music of India
VC126 Shahnai

 
   
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