Resources
Other useful resources from across the internet
One of our goals is to provide links to some of the many open and online resources that are related to the teaching and study of music. These are not exhaustive, but may provide starting points for research or reading. They are not meant to stand alone and, in some cases, require significant introduction and contextualization in the classroom.
Items labeled “Teaching” and some others (like “Virtual Fieldwork”) are primarily intended for instructors. Others are resources that people have used as assigned reading/watching/listening in their undergraduate classrooms.
Please note that these items do not go through the same review process as World Music Textbook contributions. If you would like to add any resources, suggest a bibliography, have any concerns about a resource, would like to edit or add to a resource description, or find a broken link, please email the editors.
2023
This digital heritage project collects multimedia content related to Guyana. Included materials include images (including instruments, sheet music, and similar content) as well as audio and video of performances, demonstrations, and other relevant contributions. Each is tagged with rich metadata.
Heritage / Latin America
2022
This resource by ethnomusicologist Mark Slobin includes fieldwork and research on music from Northern Afghanistan, as well as interviews about the fieldwork experience.
Religion / Central Asia
2022
A thirty-minute lecture on the history of the recorder from medieval to modern times.
Art Music / Europe
2022
This article provides examples of four songs that offer insight into the history of the relationship between Russia and Ukraine, drawing from an interview with musicologist Adriana Helbig.
Identity / Nationalism / War and Conflict
2022
This global music history course syllabus by musicologist Gavin Lee considers central themes in World music history.
Ethnomusicology / Musicology / Syllabus / Global
2022
A resource developed by the Universal Hip Hop Museum, this site includes resources on popular music, including articles on key figures in Hip Hop history and an archive that is currently under construction.
Archives / Popular Music / African Diaspora / North America
2021
This essay explores debates on the universality of music. It considers why arguments about the universality of music have fueled such intense debate within music research.
Ethnomusicology / Musicology / Global
2021
An article considering the future of music consumption and the consequences of streaming practices.
Archives / Music Industry / Music Technology / Popular Music
