Contemporary world music
Music Online: Contemporary World Music delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent. The database will contain important genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as traditional music...
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| Format: | Electronic Audio Reference Material |
| Language: | English |
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Alexandria, Va. :
Alexander Street Press,
2007-
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| Summary: | Music Online: Contemporary World Music delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent. The database will contain important genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more "Contemporary world music will contain 50,000 tracks that delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent. The database will contain important genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku and more. This database is a complementary database to Smithsonian global sound for libraries - it includes a blend of contemporary and traditional world music recordings from many labels throughout the world"--About the database |
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| Item Description: | Title from home page (viewed Dec. 18, 2007) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Internet connectivity with minimum 56 kbps bandwidth; audio enabled: requires soundcard and speakers/headphones; firewall should allow MP3 and Windows Media content and must have port 1755 open; proxy servers must be able to handle Media Streams. PC and Mac compatible System requirements: Internet connectivity with minimum 56 kbps bandwidth; audio enabled: requires soundcard and speakers/headphones; firewall should allow MP3 and Windows Media content and must have port 1755 open; proxy servers must be able to handle Media Streams. PC and Mac compatible |
| Access: | Restricted for use by site license |