African (sub-Saharan)
Amerindian
Australasian
Central Asian/Siberian
East Asian

China
Japan
Korea

African (sub-Saharan)

Organizations and Directories:
Africa South of the Sahara---a large directory.
The International Library of African Music---a prestigious research organization with a large website.
The African Music Encyclopedia---many links, with a directory of artists.
African Music Archive---research and collection of modern African music at Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz.
Madunia---a Dutch NGO which promotes African music.
Eastern Books of London---a bookseller dealing in Oriental, Eastern and African books.

Regional:
Africa Online---regional introductions.
African Music Pages---covering West African Highlife, Palm Wine and Central and East African Soukous.
Music in the Horn of Africa---covers Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and the Sudan.
Ethiopian Music---featuring the work of the late Dr. Ashenafi Kebede.
East African Music---covering the popular music of Kenya and Tanzania.
Baka Pygmies vocal polyphony---a view of one form of African polyphony.
West African Percussion Notation and Soundfiles---a large index of rhythms.
Cora Connection---West African Manding music, including kora, balaphone and ngoni.
Kora---kora making and playing.
Music and Samples---examples of Nigerian music.
Yoruba Bata in Nigeria---an article on Yoruba bata drumming.
Djembe-L FAQ---information on djembe drumming, from its mailing list.
The Mbira Page---Mbira, Marimba and Chimurenga styles of Zimbabwe and the Shona and Ndebele.
Mbira---a non-profit organization devoted to traditional Shona music of Zimbabwe.
Dandemutande---resources for Zimbabwean music.
Venda Music---a collection of papers (the main menu is here).
Information Centre for Southern African Music---for music in South Africa.

Afrimuse is an unmoderated discussion list on music and the performing arts of Sub-Saharan Africa and the African diaspora. The owner is Frank Gunderson ([email protected]). To subscribe, send e-mail to: [email protected]. In the message area put: sub afrimuse YourFirstName LastName.

Amerindian

Books:
Koskoff (Editor), The United States and Canada (Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 3)---includes extensive Native American coverage.
Nettl, Stone and Olsen (Editors), South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean (Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 2)---includes extensive Native American coverage.
Keeling, North American Indian Music: A Guide to Published Sources and Selected Recordings---extremely useful.
Gombert (Compiler), Native American Music Directory, 2nd edition---a reference guide to recordings currently in print.
Keeling, A Guide to Early Field Recordings (1900-1949 at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology)---from the ethnological survey of Californian Indians conducted by the University of California.
Spotted-Eagle, Voices of Native America: Native American Music---focusing on instruments, with construction details.
Howard, Levine and Nettl, Choctaw Music and Dance---descriptions of both the Mississippi and Oklahoma branches.
Fletcher, et al., A Study of Omaha Indian Music---
Powers, War Dance: Plains Indians Musical Performance---
Diamond, Cronk, and Rosen, Visions of Sound: Musical Instruments of First Nations Communities in Northeastern America---
Mishler, The Crooked Stovepipe: Athapaskan Fiddle Music and Square Dancing in Northeast Alaska and Northwest Canada---
Keeling, Cry for Luck: Sacred Song and Speech Among the Yurok, Hupa, and Karok Indians of Northwestern California---
Turino, Moving Away from Silence: Music of the Peruvian Altiplano and the Experience of Urban Migration---Andean panpipe and flute music.
Olsen, Music of the Warao of Venezuela: Song People of the Rain Forest---Winner of the 1997 Alan Merriam Prize.
Lassiter, The Power of Kiowa Song: A Collaborative Ethnography---accesible.
Smyth and Ryan (Editors), Spirit of the First People: Native American Music Traditions of Washington State---interesting, but dubiously recommended.
Frances Densmore's research and her monographs for the Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletins are legendary. Only these are currently available (it is also interesting to consider the music published in her lifetime based on the material she had collected, the award that bears her name and this page dedicated to her):
Cheyenne and Arapaho Music,
Chippewa Music - Part I,
Chippewa Music - Part II,
Mandan And Hidatsa Music,
Menominee Music,
Music of Acoma, Isleta, Cochiti and Zuni Pueblos,
Nootka And Quileute Music,
Northern Ute Music,
Papago Music,
Pawnee Music,
Seminole Music,
The Study of Indian Music in the Nineteenth Century,
Teton Sioux Music and Culture,
Teton Sioux Music,
Yuman And Yaqui Music.

Sites (the entire category is mostly commercial):
NA Indian Music Site---a directory of mostly promotional links.
Native American Music Resources---an extensive directory.
Native Music and Arts Organizations---another large, overwhelmingly commercial directory, from the University of Pittsburgh.
Index of Native American Music Resources on the Internet---from the WWW Virtual Library.
National Museum of the American Indian---at the Smithsonian, often has musical exhibits.
Omaha Indian Music---an exhibit from the Library of Congress.
Kiowa songs---intended for use with The Power of Kiowa Song: A Collaborative Ethnography, by Luke E. Lassiter
Sounds of Faith---includes a musical history of the Lumbees of Robeson County, North Carolina.
INAFA---the International Native American Flute Association.
The Indigenous Flute---an article on the American Indian courting flute.
Rumillajta Wind & String Instruments---material on Andean instruments, bilingual.

Australasian

Books:
Love and Kaeppler (Editors), Australia and the Pacific Islands (Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume 9)---excellent and enormous, clearly the best source.
Bebbington (Editor), A Dictionary of Australian Music---from Oxford University Press.
Thomson, The Oxford History of New Zealand Music---
Neuenfeldt (Editor), The Didjeridu: From Arnhem Land to Internet---a comprehensive history.
Schellberg, Didgeridoo: Ritual Origins and Playing Techniques---basic making and playing.
Australian Aboriginal Music---unfortunately out-of-print.

General:
Australian Music Website---a very large directory.
Australian Music Resources---from the Australian National University Library.

Autochthonic:
Aboriginal Culture: Music---a brief entry.
The Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music---offers instruction by Aboriginal elders.
The Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts---offers instruction in music.
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts---instruction in Aboriginal arts.
Didgeridoo University---a good site, with information about traditional Aboriginal music.
Didgeridoo Links---a good directory, with information on didgeridoo building.
The Physics of the Didjeridu---a commendable study.
Maningrida Arts and Culture---with a focus on music of Arnhem Land.
Aborigianl Music Associations---a small listing.
Daki Budtcha---a small record label.
Black Mujik Mujik Page---small and commercial.
Songlines---Aboriginal music: geography taken as notation.
Australian Bush Music and Dance, Wongawilli Style---a folk tradition.
ACMA---The Australasian Computer Music Association.
Folk Australia---a large swag of resources.
Australian Folk Songs---and other resources.
Folk Alliance Australia---more folk information.
Folk and Acoustic Music around New Zealand---a large directory.

Transplanted:
The African Australian Music Website---African music in Australia.
ANZAB---the Australia and New Zealand Association of Bellringers.
Bluegrass Australia---bluegrass music in Australia.
Australian Blues---blues music in Australia.
New Zealand Blues---blues music in New Zealand.
Celtic Music New Zealand---some interesting bouzouki information.
CMAA---the Country Music Association of Australia.
ACMF---the Australian Country Music Foundation is building an archive and museum.
The Australian Institute of Eastern Music---concerts and instruction in Asian music in Australia.
Australian Jazz and Blues---a large directory.
Australian Jazz Connections---a large directory.
Oz-jazz Worldwide---a large directory.
Australian Rock Database---a large directory.

Central Asian/Siberian

Asian Rare Books---a bookseller dealing in old and antiquarian books on Asia and the Orient.
Eastern Books of London---a bookseller dealing in Oriental, Eastern and African books.
Buchversand Krieger---a bookseller dealing in books and periodicals from Central Asian and Russia.
Other Central Asian Booksellers---part of a large directory.
The Musical Nomad---a multimedia programme on Central Asian Music from the BBC.
Central Asian arts: Music---the Encyclopedia Britannica article.
Music and Cultural Politics in Central Asia: A Report From the Field---11/22/99.
Central Asian Studies World Wide---an excellent guide to regional resources.

Kazakstan:
Kazak Culture---a few samples of Kazak music.
The music of Kazakstan---a brief introduction with some musical examples.
From Folklore to Soviet National Culture - The Process of Formation of "Kazak National Music" (1920-1942)---an example of the formalization of traditional music under Soviet rule.

Kyrgyzstan:
First in the history of Kyrgyzstan a national music CD was made!---musical examples.
Kyrgyz Folk Music Textbook Published---reports the Times of Central Asia; we have not yet located a copy.

Mongolia:
Mongolian Music---an introduction from a dental clinic.
The State Folk Song and Dance Ensemble ---of Mongolia.
Mongolian Music Live---some samples.
CyberMongolian AudioCity and Mongolian Radio City---offer Mongolian pop music online.

Siberia:
Crossing Borders: Buryat Traditional Music in the Post-Soviet Era---an article from Harvard Asia quarterly.
A Word Turns into a Song---an excellent study of Nenet music.

Tadjikistan:
The Image of Funerary Dances on Sughdian Ossuaries---this iconographic study provides a glimpse into ancient Tajik music.
Some Shashmaqam Puzzles in Tajik Music---an excellent article on Tajik music theory.
Constructive Customs in the Music and Dance of the Tajiks (19th and 20th Centuries)---by Nizam Nurjanov.
Diverse Ismaili Audio Section---samples of Tajiki and Badakshani Music.

Tibet:
The Music of Tibetan Buddhism---a good overview.
Tibetan Music---a small directory of artists.
Tibetan Music And Its Cultural Background---a large bibliography.
Sundry Sounds produced by Leonardo Fuks and other examples---an acoustical paper on Tibetan undertone production, with audio.
The Tibetan Institute for the Performing Arts---a showcase with audio.
Tibetan Music Teacher Ngawang Choephel Arrested---an ethnomusicologist detained in the line of duty.
Tibetan Folk Music---a review with audio samples.
Gyuto Tantric University---this Tibetan university, founded 1474, has a notable choir.
Diamond Mountain University---this American Buddhist University is scheduled to open its College of Sacred Music in a few years.

Turkistan/Uighur/Yugur:
Slippery Paths: The Performance and Canonization of Turkic Literature and Uyghur Muqam Song in Islam and Modernity---a dissertation on the history of Uyghur music and literature.
Selected Uighur Instruments---a small gallery.
Music of Eastern Turkistan---a small directory.
Hungarian Folk Songs Traced to Yugurs---an interesting case of diffusion; another report is here.

Turkmenistan:
Turkmen Music---a large site which includes many audio and video clips.

Tuva/Throat-Singing:
The Throat Singers of Tuva---an excellent article from Scientific American.
Music of Tuva---a good, small directory.
The Throat-Singing Society---of Japan; there is also a Finnish Throat Singing Society.
The Yahoo Throat-Singing Club---features lively discussion.
Overtone Report---an interesting comparison of overtone-singing in four traditons: Tuvan, Tibetan, Gregorian and barbershop.
A miraculous method of singing: On Throat Singing of South Siberia---an introductory article by Sami Jansson. Being Finnish, there is also a Latin version.
Khoomei/Overtone Singing Page---features some introductory articles.
Quick Guide to Throat-singing---how to distinguish between five Tuvan styles.
Mongolian and Tuvinian Music---a small discography with reviews.
Sundry Sounds produced by Leonardo Fuks and other examples---an acoustical paper on Tibetan undertone production, with audio.
The dying music of Xhosa women---a brief article about the Umngqokolo Ngomqangi undertone-singing technique (practiced in South Africa).

Uzbekistan:
The Thoughts of the Masters of Monody Music---an excellent overview of Uzbek music.
Uzbekistan / Tajikistan - Classical & Traditional Music---a good overview.
Uzbek music across the centuries---an historical overview.

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