world music en · NOUN
Etymology
Attributed to ethnomusicologist Robert E. Brown (1960s), later primarily used as a marketing term.
Meanings
- (countable, rare, uncountable) Traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music.
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(countable, uncountable) Music that combines elements from traditional styles from the non-Western world along with modern, popular elements, in order to create something marketed towards Western audiences.
While it can be considered a metagenre, world music is really more of a marketing category.
2016, Roy Shuker, Understanding Popular Music Culture, page 123:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| world musics | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (18)
ar موسيقى العالم (music that combines elements from traditional styles with popular elements) · cmn 世界音樂 /世界音乐 (music that combines elements from traditional styles with popular elements) · cmn 傳統音樂 /传统音乐 (traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music) · nl wereldmuziek (traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music) · pl world music (music that combines elements from traditional styles with popular elements) · it musica del mondo (music that combines elements from traditional styles with popular elements) · fr musique du monde (traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music) · nl wereldmuziek (music that combines elements from traditional styles with popular elements) · fi kansanmusiikki (traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music) · ar موسيقى العالم (traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music) · fi maailmanmusiikki (music that combines elements from traditional styles with popular elements) · eo mondmuziko (music that combines elements from traditional styles with popular elements) · nl traditionele muziek (traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music) · pl muzyka etniczna (traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music) · nl volksmuziek (traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music) · ja ワールド音楽 (music that combines elements from traditional styles with popular elements) · fr musique du monde (music that combines elements from traditional styles with popular elements) · it musica del mondo (traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music)