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Global Music Cultures

American Vernacular Music

crosses overHeavily shaped the development of Western concert music across the 20th century.

Indonesian Classical Music

crosses overA direct influence on the Impressionist movement after European composers heard it at the 1889 Paris Exposition.

Eastern European Folk Traditions

crosses overThe raw material Stravinsky and Bartók built their modernist languages out of.

Ancient Greek Musical Traditions

These are the first entries — more are being written.