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The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Vol. 10: the World's Music: General Perspectives and Reference.(Book Review)

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Edited by Ruth M. Stone. New York: Routledge, 2002. [xiii, 1017 p. ISBN 0-8153-1084-6. $250.] Illustrations, bibliographies, index.

The tenth and final volume of The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music begins with a series of autobiographical profiles of ethnomusicologists, followed by a series of reference tools which attempt to unite and integrate glossaries, bibliographies, discographies, videographies, and indexes from all the previous volumes of the encyclopedia. In her "Preface: Closing the Circle," volume editor Ruth M. Stone asserts that ethnomusicologists "share a strong commitment to exploring their topics through ethnography or fieldwork" (p. ix). This ...

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