World: Europe

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Perverse as it may seem, Europe is an important centre for world music. All the prerequisites exist: large populations in a small area, transport, proximity to other continents, affluent consumers, communications … As rural migrants moved to urban areas and immigrants arrived, Europeans were leaving for the New World (making New York the best place to hear klezmer, the music of Eastern Europe’s Jews). As a result, various forms of folk ...

Source: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music, general editor Paul Du Noyer
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