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The Role of Music in the Diversifying Cultures (Africa, East Asia, South Asia)

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We describe the different ways of understanding traditional music in Ghana for Africa, China and Japan for East Asia, and Indonesia for South Asia.

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Mazzola, G. et al. (2020). The Role of Music in the Diversifying Cultures (Africa, East Asia, South Asia). In: The Future of Music. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39709-8_20

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