world music
Music that combines elements from traditional styles from the non-Western world along…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.
» I can't imagine a world without music.
Ich kann mir eine Welt ohne Musik nicht vorstellen.
Eine Welt ohne Musik kann ich mir nicht vorstellen.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, rare, uncountable)Traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Examples
4 sentencesI can't imagine a world without music.
deIch kann mir eine Welt ohne Musik nicht vorstellen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He's made people happy all across the world with his music.
This ground-breaking work combined jazz, rock, folk, and world music elements.
Only about six percent of the world's professional classical music orchestras are headed by women.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
Attributed to ethnomusicologist Robert E. Brown (1960s), later primarily used as a marketiAttributed to ethnomusicologist Robert E. Brown (1960s), later primarily used as a marketing term.
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Forms
plural: world musics| Singular | world music |
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Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable