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Chris Goertzen & James Porter
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music [PDF ebook]
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Here in one volume is a comprehensive look at the folk and traditional musics of the European continen – from Ireland to the new republics of Georgia and Belarus. In over seventy articles by sixty-one contributors from around the world, this encyclopedia explores musical life from historical and ethnographic perspectives and provides extensive analysis of songs and instrumental music.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 1174 ● ISBN 9781351544276 ● Editor Chris Goertzen & James Porter ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5325210 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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