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Meaning of "world music" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WORLD MUSIC

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORLD MUSIC

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World music is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WORLD MUSIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

world music

World music

World music is a musical category encompassing many different styles of music from around the world, including traditional music, neotraditional music, and music where more than one cultural tradition intermingle. World music's inclusive nature and elasticity as a musical category pose obstacles to a universal definition, but its ethic of interest in the culturally exotic is encapsulated in fRoots magazine's description of the genre as "local music from out there". The term originated in the late 20th century as a marketing category and academic classification for non-Western traditional music. Globalization has facilitated the expansion of world music's audiences and scope. It has grown to include hybrid sub-genres such as world fusion, global fusion, ethnic fusion and worldbeat.

Definition of world music in the English dictionary

The definition of world music in the dictionary is popular music of various ethnic origins and styles outside the tradition of Western pop and rock music.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORLD MUSIC

world champion
world championship
World Council of Churches
World Court
World Cup
World Fair
World Health Organization
World Heritage Site
world language
world leader
world of one´s own
world power
world record
world scale
World Series
World Service
world title
World Trade Center
World Trade Organization
world view

WORDS THAT END LIKE WORLD MUSIC

absolute music
art music
background music
chamber music
classical music
country music
dance music
electronic music
folk music
gospel music
House music
music
piano music
pop music
popular music
rap music
rock music
sheet music
soul music
swing music
theme music

Synonyms and antonyms of world music in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «world music» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORLD MUSIC

Find out the translation of world music to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of world music from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «world music» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

世界音乐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

músicas del mundo
570 millions of speakers

English

world music
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संगीत की दुनिया
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الموسيقى العالمية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мировой музыки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

música do mundo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশ্ব সঙ্গীত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

musiques du monde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Muzik dunia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Weltmusik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ワールドミュージック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

세계 음악
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Musik donya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

âm nhạc thế giới
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உலக இசை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जागतिक संगीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dünya Müziği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

musica del mondo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

muzyka świata
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

світової музики
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

muzica lumii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μουσικές του κόσμου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

world music
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

världsmusik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

world music
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of world music

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORLD MUSIC»

The term «world music» is very widely used and occupies the 22.214 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORLD MUSIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about world music

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORLD MUSIC»

Discover the use of world music in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to world music and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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World Music: The Basics
Styles featured include: Celtic Dijeridou Bossa Nova Reggae Bluegrass Covering key artists and recordings and with guides to further listening, this is the perfect introduction for the student, scholar or general listener.
Richard Nidel, 2005
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World Music: A Global Journey - eBook & mp3 Value Pack
Features of the Third Edition Over 3 hours of diverse musical examples. with a third audio CD of new musical examples Listening Guides analyze the various pieces of music with some presented in an interactive format online Biographical ...
Terry E. Miller, Andrew Shahriari, 2013
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World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia ...
Divided by region and subregion, this volume examines the indigenous music of different countries, its current status, major performers, and special instruments.
Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, 2000
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World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East
THE ROUGH GUIDE TO WORLD MUSIC was published for the first time in 1994 and became the definitive reference. Six years on, the subject has become too big for one book: hence this new two-volume edition.
Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo, 1999
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Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's ...
The text concludes with a chapter that invites students to participate by undertaking a fieldwork research project that increases a student's understanding of music in daily life.
Jeff Titon, Timothy Cooley, David Locke, 2009
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Analytical Studies in World Music : includes CD: includes CD
Opening rich cross-cultural perspectives on music, this volume addresses the practical needs of students and scholars in the contemporary world of fusions, contact, borrowing, and curiosity about music everywhere.
Michael Tenzer Professor of Music University of British Columbia, 2006
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Global Pop: World Music, World Markets
Western pop music draws heavily upon music from other cultures, bringing music and musicians from outside the west to a wide audience.
Timothy Dean Taylor, 1997
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World music: the rough guide
Divided by region and subregion, this volume examines the indigenous music of different countries, its current status, major performers, and special instruments
Simon Broughton, Kim Burton, 1994
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Performing Ethnomusicology: Teaching and Representation in ...
'Performing Ethnomusicology' is the first book to deal exclusively with creating, teaching, & contextualizing academic world music performing ensembles. 16 essays discuss the problems of public performance & the pragmatics of pedagogy & ...
Ted Solís, 2004
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World Music: Traditions and Transformations
From jeliya to cha cha chá, Shandong to sean nós, and the Beatles and beleganjur to Bollywood and belly dance, the second edition of World Music: Traditions and Transformations takes students on an exciting global journey of musical and ...
Michael Bakan, 2011

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORLD MUSIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term world music is used in the context of the following news items.
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Study: Common beat runs through world music
New research suggests a common rhythm runs through the entire catalogue of world music. Worldly revelers may be marching to their own beat -- but they're ... «UPI.com, Jun 15»
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IFPI Report: World Music Business Drops Below $15 Billion
Although streaming is on the rise, the worldwide music business dropped by .4% in 2014, enough to fall under $15 billion for the first time to $14.97 billion, ... «All Access Music Group, Apr 15»
3
What Bob Marley meant to the world
Bob Marley and Traffic were my entrees to the legendary Island Records label. I didn't realize Marley and Island were also my entrée to World Music. «PRI, Feb 15»
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Mariah Carey Delays World Music Awards By Four Hours
A launch party was due to take place ahead of the World Music Awards in Monaco on Tuesday evening, but when it failed to kick off on time it had a knock-on ... «Huffington Post Canada, May 14»
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Yusef Lateef dies at 93; Grammy winner blended jazz, world music
Yusef Lateef, a Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator who brought the sounds of world music to jazz and became one of the first ... «Los Angeles Times, Dec 13»
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'The Godfather of World Music'
Ravi Shankar, who died Tuesday at age 92, was the best-known Indian musician in the Western world, a designation he achieved as a composer and master of ... «Wall Street Journal, Dec 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. World music [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/world-music>. Apr 2024 ».
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