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"World music" is a category invented by record-store managers in London in 1987 to file everything that wasn't classical, jazz, rock, or pop. The term is awkward; the music is real. Key sections include: World Music; On the term, briefly; The Indian subcontinent; West Africa; Indonesia · the Gamelan; Latin America; The Middle East · Maqam; East Asia; The Caucasus and Steppe; The map.
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