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Additional Resources
The following resources are of a general nature, designed to provide an overview of music in our world. For bibliographic information on specific countries, regions, and genres, reference works like The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians provide comprehensive lists. Endnotes for our Class Lessons provide additional bibliographic information. For video and audio recordings, the Internet provides extensive and readily available resources.
Beck, Guy. 2006. Sacred Sound: Experiencing Music in World Religions. Waterloo, ON: Wilfred Laurier University Press.
Becker, Judith. 2004. Deep Listeners: Music, Emotion, and Trancing. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Bernstein, Arthur, Naoki Sekine, and Dick Wissman. 2007. The Global Music Industry: Three Perspectives. New York: Routledge.
Bohlman, Philip. 2002. World Music: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press.
Blacking, John. 1974. How Musical Is Man? Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Broughton, Simon, and others, eds. 2006. The Rough Guide to World Music: Africa & Middle East. London: Rough Guides.
———, and others, eds. 2009. The Rough Guide to World Music: Europe, Asia & Pacific. London: Rough Guides.
Burkholder, J. Peter, Donald Grout, and Claude Palisca. 2014. A History of Western Music. 9th edn. New York: W.W. Norton.
Cook, Nicholas. 2000. Music: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press.
Copland, Aaron. 2011. What to Listen For in Music. New York: Penguin Group (Signet Classics).
Dissanayake, Ellen. 200. Art and Intimacy: How the Arts Began. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Eliade, Mircea, ed. 1987. The Encyclopedia of Religion. 16 volumes. New York: Macmillan.
Ellingson, Ter. 1987. "Music and Religion." In The Encyclopedia of Religion, ed. Mircea Eliade. Vol. 10. New York: Collier Macmillan, pp. 163[en]172.
Kartomi, Margaret. 1990. On Concepts and Classifications of Musical Instruments. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Larkin, Colin, ed. 2006. Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 4th edn.10 volumes. New York: Oxford University Press.
Levitan, Daniel. 2007. This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession. New York: Plume.
Libin, Laurence. 2014. The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. 2nd edn. London: Oxford University Press.
Marre, Jeremy, and Hannah Charlton. 1985. Beats of the Heart: Popular Music of the World. Pluto Press. Book accompanying the video series.
McConnach, James, and others, eds. 2000. World Music: The Rough Guide. Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia & Pacific. London: Rough Guides.
Merriam, Alan. 1964. The Anthropology of Music. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press.
Myers, Helen, ed. 1992. Ethnomusicology: An Introduction. New York: W.W. Norton.
———, and Stanley Sadie. 1992. Ethnomusicology: Historical and Regional Studies. New York: W.W. Norton.
Nettl, Bruno. 2005. The Study of Ethnomusicology: Thirty-one Issues and Concepts. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Post, Jennifer. 2011. Ethnomusicology: A Research and Information Guide. New York: Routledge.
Rice, Timothy. 2013. Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press.
Sacks, Oliver. 2008. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain. Rev. edn. New York: Vintage Books.
Sadie, Stanley, and John Tyrrell, eds. 2004. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 29 volumes. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Seaton, Douglass. 2009. Ideas and Styles in the Western Musical Tradition. 3rd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Shepherd, John, ed. 2003. Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. London and New York: Continuum.
Small, Christopher. 1998. Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press.
Stone, Ruth, and others, eds. 1998-2003. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. 10 vols. New York: Routledge.
Storr, Anthony. 1992. Music and the Mind. New York: Ballantine Books.
Taylor, Timothy. 1997. Global Pop: World Music, World Markets. New York: Routledge.
Turino, Thomas. 2008. Music as Social Life: The Politics of Participation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
———, and James Lea, eds. 2004. Identity and the Arts in Diaspora Communities. Sterling Heights, MI: Harmonie Park Press.
Wade, Bonnie. 2012. Thinking Musically: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Cornerstone publication of the Global Music Series.
Wallin, Nils, and others, eds. 1999. The Origins of Music. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Weiss, Piero, and Richard Taruskin. 2007. Music in the Western World: A History in Documents. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Videos/DVDs/Websites
Exploring the World of Music. 1999. 12-volume instructional video series. Annenberg Foundation. Pacific Street Films and the Educational Film Center.
Folkstreams.net. A national preserve of documentary films about American Roots Cultures. www.folkstreams.net.
Marre, Jeremy, producer/director. 1987. Beats of the Heart. Harcourt Films. 14- video series on world music.
Marre, Jeremy, producer/director. 1997. The Nature of Music. Kultur Video.
Ichikawa, Katsumori, producer. JVC Video Anthology of World Music and Dance. 2005 [1985 VHS series). 30-volume DVD set. Tokyo: Japanese Video Corporation.
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. www.folkways.si.edu/folkways-recordings/smithsonian
UNESCO Multimedia Archives. Intangible Heritage: Arts and Traditions of the World. www.unesco.org/archives/multimedia/
Zemp, Hugo, and others, producer. 1990. Musical Instruments of the World. 1990. Le Chant du Monde CD.
Zemp, Hugo, and others, producers. 1996. Voices of the World: An Anthology of Vocal Expression. Le Chant du Monde. 3-CD set.
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Video Index by Geographical Region
AFRICA
EAST AFRICA
- Ethiopia
- 2-17: Krar (Ethiopian lyre)
- 12-9: St. Michael’s Feast, Lalibela
- 13-1: Azmari singer and masenko accompaniment, Lalibela
- Uganda
- 2-39: Enkwanzi (Ugandan panpipes)
- 2-71: Embaire (Ugandan xylophone)
- 2-73: Endongo (Ugandan thumb pianos)
- 9-5: Political rap, Kampala
- 10-9: Adhan (Call to Prayer), Kampala
- 10-17: Watoto Church service, Kampala
- 10-18: School choir, Masaka district
- 10-19: School choir, Masaka district
- 10-20: School choir, Rakai district
- 10-21: Four school choirs, Masaka district
- Zanzibar
- 5-7: Bi Kidude and Taraab Orchestra
WEST AFRICA
- Cameroon
- 3-33: Yelli vocal polyphony
- Cape Verde
- 12-4: Two Christian processions
- Côte d’Ivoire
- 11-9: Zaouli masked dance
- Ghana
- 2-12: Seperewa (bridge harp)
- 3-9: Work rhythms
- 3-11: Hand and foot drum
- Guinea
- 3-6: West African polyrhythm (percussion ensemble)
- Mali
- 3-10: Wedding party
- 5-20: Music School in Kirina
- Nigeria
- 2-58: West African talking drum
- 2-67: Agogo (iron double bell)
- 5-9: Remo talking drum
- 15-2: Sarewa (flutes) and jauje (talking drums) at boxing match
- Senegal
- 2-8: West African praise singer, Diali Cissokho
- 2-24: Akonting (Senegalese lute)
- 13-5: Diali Cissokho, praise singer and kora player
SOUTHERN AFRICA
- Madagascar
- 5-22: A cappella vocal ensemble Salala, Antananarivo
- Malawi
- 3-26: Limbe Mvano Choir
- South Africa
- 3-34: Isicathamiya, a cappella vocal ensemble
- 5-14: South African lullaby
- 9-1: “Die Stem Van Suid-Afrika,” South African national anthem during Apartheid
- 9-2: “Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika,” anthem of the African National Congress during Apartheid
- 9-3: “Weeping,” anti-Apartheid protest song
- 15-3: Vuvuzelas, Johannesburg
- Zambia
- 2-11: Kalumbu (musical bow)
- Zimbabwe
- 3-32: Mbiras (Shona thumb pianos)
- 11-3: Three mbira (thumb piano) musicians
THE AMERICAS
NORTH AMERICA
- Canada
- 2-4: Katajjaq throat singing in Arviat, Nunavut, Canada
- 15-6: Celtic music session, Baddeck, Cape Breton
- 15-7: Celtic music session, Whycocomagh, Cape Breton
- Native American and First Nations
- 2-4: Katajjaq throat singing in Arviat, Nunavut, Canada
- 2-38: Native American wooden flute
- 2-61: Powwow drum
- U.S.
- 2-5: Jimmie Rodgers
- 2-7: Old Time Camp Meeting song, Atlanta, GA
- 2-23: Ukulele, Hawaii
- 2-25: Banjo
- 2-27: Jimi Hendrix (electric guitar)
- 2-29: Ciompi String Quartet
- 2-40: Ocarina
- 2-52: Wanamaker Organ
- 2-54: North Carolina Brass Band
- 2-55: Bugle
- 2-56: Timpani
- 2-62: Glen Velez (frame drum)
- 2-70: Musical saw
- 2-76: Soultone cymbals
- 2-79: Tam tam
- 3-1: University of Michigan Marching Band
- 3-8: Prison work gangs
- 3-13: Tito Puente (timbales)
- 3-37: “Large Hadron Rap”
- 3-38: San Francisco Jazz
- 5-1: John Lennon, “Mother”
- 5-3: Tito Puente salsa band
- 5-8: Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
- 5-12: The Lone Ranger theme music
- 5-16: New Orleans jazz funeral parade
- 5-17: Music therapy
- 5-18: Bar Mitzvah
- 5-19: Byzantine hymn, Brooklyn, NY
- 6-2: Ravi Shankar (sitar) with Alla Rakha (tabla) at Monterey Pop Festival
- 7-4: Otis Redding at Monterey Pop Festival
- 7-5: Janis Joplin at Monterey Pop Festival
- 7-15: Playing for Change multimedia music project
- 7-16: “One Love,” Playing for Change version
- 8-3: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones with Tuvan throat singer Kongar and tabla player Sandip Burman
- 8-4: Cajun Mardi Gras
- 8-5: Cajun begging songs in Iota, LA
- 8-6: Cajun twin fiddling, LA
- 8-7: Afro-Cajun accordion style, LA
- 8-9: Montagnard Community dance, Greensboro, NC
- 8-10: Montagnard hanging gongs and barrel drum, Raleigh, NC
- 8-11: Trung (Montagnard bamboo xylophone), Greensboro, NC
- 8-12: Gong (Montagnard tube zither), Greensboro, NC
- 8-13: Ding nam (Montagnard mouth organ), Raleigh, NC
- 8-14: Montagnard song by Hip Ksor, Raleigh, NC
- 8-15: Montagnard hip hop artist, Mondega, Raleigh, NC
- 10-14: Mennonite choir
- 10-15: Thomas A. Dorsey, African American gospel
- 11-1: Gospel brass shout band, Washington, D.C.
- 13-6: Kaira Ba, West African-American fusion band, North Carolina
- 15-5: Marian Anderson, Washington, D.C.
SOUTH AMERICA
- Argentina
- 7-2: Tango
- 7-3: Argentine dance orchestras with bandoneon (button accordion)
- Brazil
- 2-26: Sergio and Odair Assad, guitar duo
- 2-63: Pandeiro (frame drum)
- 3-7: Bateria percussion ensemble, Rio de Janeiro
- 15-9: Mocidade Samba School, Rio de Janeiro
- Colombia
- 2-46: Clarinet
- Paraguay
- 2-14: Paraguayan harp
- Peru
- 2-3: Quechua traditional ensemble, Cuzco
- 14-2: Virgen del Carmen festival, Paucartambo
- Suriname
- 1-1: Competing Amazonian songbirds, Paramaribo
- 2-69: Baithak gana (“seated singing”), Paramaribo
- 5-10: Apenti (Surinamese talking drum)
- 7-9: Afro-Surinamese drumming patterns
- 7-10: Native American dance, Paramaribo
- 7-11: Afro-Surinamese dance, Paramaribo
- 7-12: East Indian dance, Paramaribo
- 7-13: Jaran kapang (Javanese hobby horse dance), Paramaribo
- 8-20: The Folkloristisch Ensemble (dance), Paramaribo
- 8-21: Henk Tjon's funeral, Paramaribo
- 11-5: Afro-Surinamese Winti ceremony
- 12-11: Saramaccan Maroon ceremony
CARIBBEAN
- Jamaica
- 7-16: “One Love” (original by Bob Marley), Playing for Change version
- Puerto Rico
- 2-64: Congas
- 3-13: Tito Puente (timbales)
- 5-3: Tito Puente salsa band
- Trinidad and Tobago
- 2-81: Steel bands compilation
- 5-13: Tassa drumming
- 8-16: Chutney wining
- 8-17: Mungal Patasar and Pantar music video
- 8-18: Mungal Patasar and Pantar rehearsal
- 15-10: J’Ouvert carnival song, Port of Spain
ASIA
EAST ASIA
- Japan
- 2-9: Japanese epic narrator
- 3-5: Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute)
- 3-35: Sankyoku (music for three instruments)
- 5-6: Geisha song and dance
- 11-10: Bon Odori dance for Obon celebrations, Tokyo
- 11-11: Buddhist chant, Kyoto
- 11-12: Children drumming, Obon performance, Kyoto
- 11-13: Ritual pole spinning, Obon performance, Kyoto
- 11-14: Lion and spider dance, Obon performance, Kyoto
- 13-10: Japanese epic narrator and biwa accompaniment
- 14-3: Bunraku puppet theater
- People’s Republic of China
- 2-22: Pipa (Chinese lute)
- 2-35: Guqin (Chinese long zither)
- 2-36: Guzheng (Chinese long zither)
- 2-44: Suona (Chinese oboe)
- 2-50: Chinese sheng (mouth organ) and accordion
- 2-70: Musical saw
- 2-77: Hand-held gongs
- 2-79: Tam tam
- 3-16: Muqam (Uighur modal system)
- 3-18: Pentatonic Chinese melody on erhu (one-string fiddle)
- 3-36: Jiangnan sizhu (Chinese wind and string ensemble)
- 5-11: “Sai Ma” (Horse Race) on erhu
- 8-19: “Nostalgia” by Ma Sicong
- 10-6: Buddhist walking meditation, Shanxi province
- 11-2: Nadun celebration, Qinghai province
- 12-3: Musical water fountain display, Buddhist theme park, Wuxi
- 12-5: Two Daoist processions, Hong Kong and Xian
- 12-10: Funeral rituals, Shaanbei, Shaanxi province
- 13-8: Shuoshude (blind storyteller), Suide, Shaanxi province
- 13-9: Touring company of blind musicians, Beijing
- Republic of Korea
- 2-10: National Gugak Orchestra
- 2-37: Kayagum (long zither)
- 2-42: Taepyongso (Korean oboe)
- 2-60: Changgo (hourglass drum)
- 2-66: Large hanging bell
- 2-83: Shinawi Korean folk ensemble
- 3-4: Korean rhythmic pattern
- 3-19: Sijo (traditional Korean art song)
- 3-20: Ajaeng (Korean seven-string bowed zither)
- 8-2: Korean kayagums with DJ, beatboxing, and breakdancing
- 10-1: Korean Buddhist chant
- 13-11: Pansori, excerpt from Sopyonje feature film
- 13-12: Pansori, UNESCO video
- 14-1: T’al ch’um masked dance drama
- Tibetan Regions
- 2-6: Tibetan love song
- 2-53: Dung-chen (Tibetan trumpets)
- 2-75: Rolmo (Tibetan cymbals)
- 6-1: Kajod Wangmo singing “sky song”
- 7-7: “Tibetans” by Acko Choedrag
- 7-8: Acko Choedrag at Kumbum Monastery
- 9-6: Plateau Music Project Infomercial
- 9-8: Tibetan nomadic song
- 10-10: Tara Sutra (Buddhist prayers)
- 11-4: Buddhist monks perform Black Hat dance
SOUTH ASIA
- Afghanistan
- 3-29: Rabab (Afghani plucked lute)
- Bangladesh
- 3-30: Bansuri (Bangladeshi bamboo flute)
- India
- 2-21: Sitar (North Indian lute)
- 2-31: Sarangi (North Indian fiddle)
- 2-43: Nadaswaram (South Indian oboe)
- 2-72: Jaltarang (Indian, tuned, water-filled ceramic bowls)
- 2-84: South Indian violin
- 3-12: Ghatam (South Indian clay pot)
- 3-17: Concert for Bangladesh
- 3:21: Karnatak vocal music
- 3-25: Tambura (Indian long-necked lute)
- 6-2: Ravi Shankar (sitar) with Alla Rakha (tabla) at Monterey Pop Festival
- 10-2: Vedic chant
- 10-3: Vedic chant, Kerala
- 10-11: Qawwali singers, Nizamuddin shrine, Delhi
- 11-8: Bharatanatyam, South Indian classical dance
- 11-16: Kathakali, South Indian dance drama
- 12-1: Ganga Puja, Benares
- 12-6: Hindu wedding procession, Agra
- 12-7: Hindu ritual procession, Manali, Himachal Pradesh
- 13-13: Epic of Pabuji, Rajasthan
- Pakistan
- 10-12: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Qawwali party
SOUTHEAST ASIA
- Bali – Indonesia
- 11-15: Calonarang performance, Camphuan Temple, Ubud
- Java – Indonesia
- 2-80: Javanese gamelan
- 3-14: Gamelan tuning systems
- 7-13: Jaran kapang (Javanese hobby horse dance), Suriname
- 14-4: Wayang Kulit shadow puppet theater
- Laos
- 2-41: Nplooj (Hmong leaf)
- 10-5: Theravada Buddhist chant
- Myanmar (Burma)
- 2-15: Saung gauk (Burmese harp)
- 2-57: Pat waing (drum circle)
- 12-2: Sound of gongs at the Golden Rock, Kyaiktiyo
- Philippines
- 2-78: Tuned gongs
- Thailand
- 2-49: Khaen (mouth organ)
AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA
- 10-16: Darlene Zschech, praise and worship song
OCEANIA
- 1-2: Buzzing beetle, Kaulong area, southwest New Britain
EUROPE
- Austria
- 2-29: Ciompi String Quartet
- 3-39: Electronic instruments
- Bulgaria
- 3-24: Gaida (Bulgarian bagpipe)
- 3-28: Gadulka (Bulgarian fiddle)
- 6-3: Maria Stoyanova playing gaida
- Croatia
- 6-4: Celebration of Croatia joining the European Union
- 13-3: Dane Jurić, Croatian epic singer and gusle player
- 13-4: Ruža Jolić, Croatian epic singer and gusle player
- England
- 2-51: English concertina
- 5-1: John Lennon, “Mother”
- 10-7: Qur’anic recitation, UK
- France
- 2-46: Clarinet
- 3-23: Couperin, “Seour Monique” on double Flemish harpsichord
- 3-27: Benedictine nuns
- 5-4: Nadia Boulanger
- 5-23: “The Internationale”
- 15-1: Busking musicians: 2. France
- Germany
- 2-82: Theremin
- 8-1: Johann Pachelbel, Canon in D
- Greece
- 2-16: Lyre documentary
- 2-32: Santouri (Greek hammered dulcimer)
- Greenland
- 9-4: Nuuk Posse, Greenland hip hop group
- Hungary
- 2-48: Klezmer
- Ireland
- 2-51: English concertina
- 13-7: O’Carolan piece on Celtic harp
- Italy
- 2-34: Harpsichord
- 2-45: Cornamusa (Italian bagpipe)
- 15-1: Busking musicians: 1. Rome
- Montenegro
- 13-2: Avđo Mededović, epic singer and gusle player
- Netherlands
- 2-56: Timpani
- Portugal
- 5-2: Fado
- Sardinia
- 2-47: Launeddas (Sardinian triple-pipe clarinet)
- Scotland
- 2-13: Scottish tune on Celtic harp
- 5-15: Royal Military Tattoo, Edinburgh Castle
- Spain
- 2-65: Church bells in Seville
- 2-68: Castanets
- Switzerland
- 3-37: “Large Hadron Rap”
- Ukraine
- 7-1: Bandura (Ukrainian lute-zither)
MIDDLE EAST
- General
- 2-18: Ud (Arabic lute)
- 2-28: Kamanche (spike fiddle)
- 2-33: Qanun (Arabic zither)
- 2-59: Derbake (goblet drum)
- 2-74: Zil (finger cymbals)
- 3-2: Souhail Kaspar rhythm demonstration on dumbek (goblet drum)
- 3-3: Belly Dance
- 3-22: Taqsim improvisation on ud (Arabic lute)
- 3-31: “Samai Nahawand,” Simon Shaheen
- See Uganda. 10-9: Adhan (Call to Prayer)
- Azerbaijan
- 2-28: Kamanche (spike fiddle)
- 3-15: Mugam (Azeri modal system)
- 5-21: Azeri house concert
- 10-13: Azeri zikr (ritual prayer)
- Egypt
- 2-33: Qanun (Arabic zither)
- 3-3: Belly Dance
- 7-6: Umm Kulthum
- 10-8: Sheikh Abdul Basit, Qur’anic recitation
- Iran
- 2-19: Tar (Iranian lute)
- 2-20: Setar (Iranian lute)
- 5-5: Mohammad Reza Shahjarian, vocalist
- Israel
- 12-8: Shofar (ram’s horn), Jerusalem
- Lebanon
- 3-2: Souhail Kaspar rhythm demonstration on dumbek (goblet drum)
- 3-22: Taqsim improvisation on ud (Arabic lute)
- Morocco
- 2-30: Kamanja (Moroccan viola)
- Turkey
- 2-33: Qanun (Arabic zither)
- 2-74: Zil (finger cymbals)
- 2-76: Soultone cymbals
- 11-6: Whirling dervishes
- 11-7: Mevlevi dervishes, Istanbul
Video Index by Voices and Instruments
VOICES
- 2-1: Vocal folds
- 2-2: Young voices (Ethiopia, PRC, Trinidad and Tobago)
- 2-3: Quechua traditional ensemble, Cuzco, Peru
- 2-4: Katajjaq, Inuit throat singing, Nunavut, Canada
- 2-5: Jimmie Rodgers
- 2-6: Tibetan love song
- 2-7: Old Time Camp Meeting song
- 2-8: West African praise singer
- 2-9: Japanese epic narrator
- 3-8: Prison work gangs
- 3-9: Ghanaian work rhythms
- 3-15: Alim Qasimov (Azeri traditional mugam)
- 3-19: Sijo (traditional Korean art song)
- 3-34: Isicathamiya, a cappella vocal ensemble
- 5-1: John Lennon (“Mother”)
- 5-2: Fado (Portuguese traditional song)
- 5-5: Mohammad Reza Shahjarian, Iranian vocalist
- 5-7: Bi Kidude, Zanzibari vocalist
- 5-14: South African lullaby
- 5-19: Byzantine hymn of Saint Kassia
- 5-22: Madagascan a cappella trio (“Lanitra Manga Manga”)
- 6-1: Tibetan “sky song” (Kajod Wangmo)
- 7-4: Otis Redding (“I’ve Been Loving You Too Long”)
- 7-5: Janis Joplin (“Ball and Chain”)
- 7-6: Umm Kulthum (Egyptian vocalist)
- 7-7: Acko Choedrag (Tibetan vocalist and songwriter)
- 7-11: Surinamese Creole teens (traditional Winti songs)
- 7-16: “One Love” (original by Bob Marley), Playing for Change version
- 8-3: Tuvan throat singing by Kongar-ol Ondar (“A Moment So Close” by Bela Fleck)
- 8-5: Cajun begging songs
- 8-14: Montagnard American song
- 8-15: Montagnard American hip hop
- 9-4: Greenland hip hop
- 9-7: Tibetan love song
- 9-8: Tibetan nomadic song
- 10-1: Korean Buddhist chant
- 10-2: Vedic chant
- 10-3: Vedic chant, Kerala
- 10-4: Gregorian chant (Benedictine nuns of Notre-Dame-l’Annonciation)
- 10-5: Theravada Buddhist monks, Laos
- 10-7: Qur’anic recitation (tarteel)
- 10-8: Sheikh Abdul Basit ‘Abd us-Samad (tadjwid)
- 10-9: Adhan (Call to Prayer), Uganda
- 10-11: Qawwali (Sufi devotional song), India
- 10-12: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, qawwali singer
- 10-13: Azeri zikr (ritual prayer)
- 10-14: Mennonite choir
- 10-15: Thomas A. Dorsey (“Precious Lord,” African-American gospel)
- 10-16: Darlene Zschech (“Here in My Life,” Protestant praise and worship song)
- 10-18: Ugandan choral song
- 11-11: Japanese Buddhist chant
- 13-13: Croatian epic singer (guslar)
- 13-5: West African praise singer (jali)
- 13-8: Chinese storyteller (shuoshude)
- 13-10: Japanese epic narrator
- 13-11: Korean pansori epic
- 15-5: Marian Anderson
- 15-10: Trinidadian J’Ouvert carnival song
INSTRUMENTS
CHORDOPHONES
- 2-11: Kalumbu (musical bow), Zambia
- 2-12: Seperewa (bridge harp), Ghana
- 2-13: Celtic harp
- 2-14: Paraguayan harp
- 2-15: Saung gauk (Burmese harp)
- 2-16: Lyre documentary
- 2-17: Krar (Ethiopian lyre)
- 2-18: Ud (Arabic lute)
- 2-19: Tar (Iranian lute)
- 2-20: Setar (Iranian lute)
- 2-21: Sitar (North Indian lute)
- 2-22: Pipa (Chinese lute)
- 2-23: Ukulele (Hawaii, USA)
- 2-24: Akonting (Senegalese lute)
- 2-25: Banjo
- 2-26: Brazilian guitar (Sergio and Odair Assad)
- 2-27: Electric guitar (Jimi Hendrix)
- 2-28: Kamanche (Azerbaijan spike fiddle)
- 2-29: String quartet
- 2-30: Kamanja (Moroccan viola)
- 2-31: Sarangi (North Indian fiddle)
- 2-32: Santouri (Greek hammered dulcimer)
- 2-33: Qanun (Arabic zither)
- 2-34: Harpsichord
- 2-35: Guqin (Chinese long zither)
- 2-36: Guzheng (Chinese long zither)
- 2-37: Kayagum (Korean long zither)
- 2-84: South Indian violin
- 3-20: Ajaeng (Korean seven-string bowed zither)
- 5-6: Japanese shamisen (“Kyo no shiki”)
- 5-11: Chinese erhu (“Sai Ma”)
- 3-16: Tambur (five-string long-necked lute), ghichak (spike fiddle), and dutar (two-string long-necked lute)
- 3-17: Sarod (Ali Akbar Khan), sitar (Ravi Shankar), and tabla (Alla Rakha)
- 6-2: Sitar (Ravi Shankar)
- 7-1: Bandura (Ukrainian lute-zither)
- 8-6: Cajun twin fiddling
- 8-12: Gong (Montagnard tube zither)
- 8-19: Violin (“Nostalgia” by Ma Sicong)
- 13-3: Gusle (Balkan one-string fiddle)
- 13-5: Kora (West African harp-lute)
- 13-13: Ravanhatta (Rajasthani folk fiddle)
AEROPHONES
- 2-38: Native American Wooden flute
- 2-39: Enkwanzi (Ugandan panpipes)
- 2-40: Ocarina
- 2-41: Nplooj (Hmong leaf)
- 2-42: Taepyongso (Korean oboe)
- 2-43: Nadaswaram (Indian oboe)
- 2-44: Suona (Chinese oboe)
- 2-45: Cornamusa (Italian bagpipe)
- 2-46: Clarinet
- 2-47: Launeddas (Sardinian triple-pipe clarinet)
- 2-48: Klezmer (Hungarian clarinet)
- 2-49: Khaen (Thai mouth organ)
- 2-50: Chinese sheng (mouth organ) and accordion
- 2-51: English concertina
- 2-52: Wanamaker Organ
- 2-53: Dung-chen (Tibetan trumpets)
- 2-54: Brass Band
- 2-55: Bugle
- 3-5: Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute)
- 3-24: Gaida (Bulgarian bagpipe)
- 5-15: Scottish Highland bagpipes (Royal Military Tattoo)
- 6-3: Gaida (Bulgarian bagpipe) and wedding band
- 7-3: Bandoneon (Argentine dance orchestras)
- 8-7: Afro-Cajun accordion style
- 8-13: Ding nam (Montagnard mouth organ)
- 11-1: Trombone shout band
- 12-8: Shofar (ram’s horn)
- 15-2: Sarewa flute (Nigeria)
MEMBRANOPHONES
- 2-56: Timpani
- 2-57: Pat waing (Burmese drum circle)
- 2-58: Talking drum (West African)
- 2-59: Derbake (Middle Eastern goblet drum)
- 2-60: Changgo (Korean hourglass drum)
- 2-61: Powwow drum (Native American)
- 2-62: Frame drum
- 2-63: Pandeiro (Brazilian frame drum)
- 2-64: Congas
- 2-67: Agogo (iron double bell)
- 3-2: Dumbek (Middle Eastern goblet drum)
- 3-6: West African percussion ensemble (Guinea)
- 3-13: Timbales (Tito Puente)
- 3-17: Tabla (Alla Rakha), with sarod (Ali Akbar Khan) and sitar (Ravi Shankar)
- 5-9: Remo talking drum
- 5-10: Apenti (Surinamese talking drum)
- 5-13: Tassa drumming (Trinidad)
- 7-9: Surinamese drumming patterns
- 15-2: Jauje talking drums (Nigeria)
IDIOPHONES
- 2-65: Church bells (Spain)
- 2-66: Large hanging bell (Korea)
- 2-67: Agogo (iron double bell)
- 2-68: Castanets (Spain)
- 2-69: Dhantal (Suriname)
- 2-70: Musical saw
- 2-71: Embaire (Ugandan xylophone)
- 2-72: Jaltarang (Indian, tuned, water-filled ceramic bowls)
- 2-73: Endongo (Ugandan thumb pianos)
- 2-74: Zil (finger cymbals)
- 2-75: Rolmo (Tibetan cymbals)
- 2-76: Soultone cymbals
- 2-77: Hand-held gongs (PRC)
- 2-78: Filipino tuned gong
- 2-79: Tam tam
- 2-80: Javanese gamelan
- 2-81: Steel bands (Trinidad and Tobago)
- 3-11: Ghanaian hand and foot drum
- 3-12: Ghatam (South Indian clay pot)
- 3-14: Gamelan (Java, Indonesia)
- 7-14: Surinamese gamelan
- 8-10: Montagnard hanging gongs
- 8-11: Trung (Montagnard bamboo xylophone)
- 11-3: Mbira (thumb piano)
- 12-2: Sound of gongs at the Golden Rock, Kyaiktiyo, Myanmar
ELECTROPHONE
- 2-82: Theremin
- 3-39: Electronic instruments (“Sonnez La Cloche”)
ENSEMBLE
- 2-10: National Gugak Orchestra (Republic of Korea)
- 2-29: Ciompi String Quartet
- 2-48: Hungarian Klezmer
- 2-54: North Carolina Brass Band
- 2-81: Steel bands (Trinidad and Tobago)
- 2-84: South Indian violin, kanjira (tambourine), and mridangam (barrel drum)
- 2-83: Shinawi Korean folk ensemble
- 3-1: University of Michigan Marching Band
- 3-6: West African polyrhythm (percussion ensemble)
- 3-7: Bateria (Brazilian carnival percussion ensemble)
- 3-14: Gamelan (Java, Indonesia)
- 3-17: Sarod (Ali Akbar Khan), sitar (Ravi Shankar), and tabla (Alla Rakha)
- 6-3: Bulgarian wedding band
- 7-3: Argentine dance orchestras
- 7-14: Surinamese gamelan
- 8-1: Johann Pachelbel, Canon in D (traditional instruments)
- 8-21: Ala Kondre ensemble, Henk Tjon's funeral, Paramaribo, Suriname
- 13-6: Kaira Ba, West African-American fusion band
- 13-9: Touring company of blind musicians, PRC
- 15-6: Celtic music session, Cape Breton, Canada
- 15-7: Celtic music session, Cape Breton, Canada
NATURAL SOUNDS
- 1-1: Competing Amazonian songbirds
- 1-2: Buzzing beetle
- 4-1: Humpback whales
- 4-2: Gibbons
- 4-3: Gelada baboons