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The term "World Music" has been credited to ethnomusicologist Robert E. Brown who coined it in the 1960s. The term became current in the 1980s as a marketing/classificatory device in the media and the music industry. A basic actual definition of world music consists of "all the music in the world", which effectively renders the term virtually meaningless beyond marketing purposes. The term also is taken erroneously as a classification of music that combines western popular music styles with one or many genres of non-Western music that were previously described as… read more
The term "World Music" has been credited to ethnomusicologist Robert E. Brown who coined it in the 1960s. The term became current in the 1980s as a marketing/classificatory device in the media and the music industry. A basic actual definition of world music consists of "all the… read more
The term "World Music" has been credited to ethnomusicologist Robert E. Brown who coined it in the 1960s. The term became current in the 1980s as a marketing/classificatory device in the media and the music industry. A basic actual definition of world music consists of "all the music in the world", which effectively renders the term virtually … read more

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1 Play track Illusion's Blooming Softly Ephemeral Mists
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3 Play track The Forgotten Eftos
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4 Play track Daffodils Invictus
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5 Play track The Love for the Dead Invictus
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6 Play track Petal Pie Song Invictus
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