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Collection of commercial and field recordings of ethnic and folk musics, with an emphasis on the
musics of Asia and the Middle East. Includes general information on the collection, a collection
newsletter, and browsable collection databases.
http://rism.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/index_e.htm
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Early American Secular Music and its European Sources
Searchable index of sources for early American and European music, covering the years from
1589-1839.
http://www.colonialdancing.org/Easmes/
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Performing Arts in Colonial American Newspapers
Database and index of newspaper articles from 1690-1783.
http://www.universitymusicedition.com/Performing_Arts/
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Wesleyan World Music Archives
Basic information on the collection and staff.
http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/srhome/srwma.htm
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International Music Collections
The collection at the British Library includes recordings variously described as traditional, folk
or 'world' music. The site includes a discography of their published CDs, and a searchable catalog
of published and unpublished recordings.
http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/imc.html
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian archives house the Moses and Frances Asch collection, consisting of the entirety of
Folkways Records, and the Rinzler Archives, consisting of the written, audio, and visual records of
projects and exhibits sponsored by the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, including the
Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Contains general collections and grant information
http://www.folklife.si.edu/CFCH/aboutarc.htm
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Southern Folklife Collection
These holdings, at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, document all forms of Southern
musical and oral traditions across the entire spectrum of individual and community expressive arts,
as well as mainstream media production. Generally describes the manuscript and sound recording
holdings.
http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/sfc1/
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Archives of African American Music and Culture
Repository of materials covering various musical idioms and cultural expressions from the
post-World War II era. Includes a searchable database and publications listing.
http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/index2.html
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Library African Music
International Library of African Music contains over 40,000 recordings. The site includes a
searchable index, as well as sound samples of African instruments.
http://ilam.ru.ac.za
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African Music Archive
A history and general information on the archive at Johannes Gutenburg University, located in
Mainz, Germany. The archive publishes NTAMA - The Journal of African Music and Popular Culture. In
English and German.
http://ntama.uni-mainz.de/~ama/
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UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive
The collection includes sound recordings of folk, ethnic, and non-western classical music. The site
includes a selected list of current collections.
http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/archive/
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Southern Mosaic
The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip is a multi-format ethnographic field
collection including nearly 700 sound recordings (102 of which are performed in Spanish),
fieldnotes, dust jackets, and other manuscripts documenting a three-month, 6,502 mile trip through
the Southern United States collecting folksongs. Contains a virtual journal of the trip, with text,
pictures and sound.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/lohome.html
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National Sound Archive International Music Collection
The British Library National Sound Archive contains lists of world music recordings with RealAudio
samples, as well as links to other world music archives in the UK.
http://portico.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/imc.html
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Archives of Traditional Music
General information about the Indiana University Archives, including listings of journal contents
and a searchable archive database.
http://www.indiana.edu/~libarchm/
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Archive of Folk Culture Collections
From The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Information, links to online publications
and guides to the collections.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/archive.html
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