world music

English

Noun

world music (countable and uncountable, plural world musics)

1. (music, rare) Traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music.
2. (music) 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.

References

2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 232.

Translations

traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳統音樂／传统音乐 (chuántǒng yīnyuè), 传统音乐 (chuántǒng yīnyuè)

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• Dutch: volksmuziek (nl) f, traditionele muziek f
• Finnish: kansanmusiikki (fi)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

music that combines elements from traditional styles with popular elements

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 世界音樂／世界音乐 (shìjiè yīnyuè), 世界音乐 (shìjiè yīnyuè)

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• Dutch: wereldmuziek f
• Finnish: maailmanmusiikki (fi)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

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• Finnish: maailmanmusiikki (fi)
• German: Weltmusik (de) f
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• Ido: mondo-muziko

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Spanish

Noun

world music m (uncountable)

1. world music