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This unique and thoroughly researched resource provides a dynamic and in depth perspective on world music.... It strikes a balance between wonderful illustrations and comprehensive, scholarly entries. Each regional volume includes a CD sampler of that region's music. This source will have wide appeal to both the novice and expert. <br>- Dartmouth Medal, 2003 <br> A valuable tool.... <br>- American Reference Books Annual, 2002 <br> An impressive scholarly accomplishment full of toughtful articles on a rich diversity of topics with bibliographies that are a treasure themselves. <br>- Against the Grain, November 2001 <br> This is a monumental work of impressive scope that in less competent hands could have fallen flat on its bibliographic face....This volume (and the series) would see much use in most public libraries and in academic libraries with even modest music and popular culture courses. <br>- Library Journal, March 2001 <br>

This unique and thoroughly researched resource provides a dynamic and in depth perspective on world music.... It strikes a balance between wonderful illustrations and comprehensive, scholarly entries. Each regional volume includes a CD sampler of that region's music. This source will have wide appeal to both the novice and expert. - Dartmouth Medal, 2003 A valuable tool.... - American Reference Books Annual, 2002 An impressive scholarly accomplishment full of toughtful articles on a rich diversity of topics with bibliographies that are a treasure themselves. - Against the Grain, November 2001 This is a monumental work of impressive scope that in less competent hands could have fallen flat on its bibliographic face....This volume (and the series) would see much use in most public libraries and in academic libraries with even modest music and popular culture courses. - Library Journal, March 2001

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Ethnomusicology at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music. She is editor of Women and Music inCross-Cultural Perspective (1989).

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