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This is a database of ethnic music transcriptions and discographic
data, with emphasis on Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The primary
audience is musicians, but the large Balkan discography may also be
useful to others (singers, dancers, disc jockeys, researchers, music
lovers generally). This is a work in progress, and subject to the
limitations of my spare time. Various additional limitations are
mentioned in the sections below.
- Scores: searchable index of 2038 ethnic music transcriptions.
- Discography: searchable index of
5750 albums (36590 tracks).
- Performers: searchable index of
3646 artists and ensembles.
- Terminology: a reference manual of the
classification terminology used for searching.
- Formats: details about various score file
formats and viewing options.
- Limitations: EMDB is a work in
progress. This page lists what's not right yet.
- Links: sites of related interest.
- Contribute: how you can help improve this site.
- Credits: folks who've contributed to
EMDB.
News:
- Updated album data from Tom Deering, including 400 new
cover images.
- Many album pages now have links to the corresponding album at
folklorediscography.org.
- Added terminology page.
- Scores are now indexed by aksak pattern.
- Adjectival nationality attributes (e.g. "Bulgarian") have been
replaced by nouns (e.g. "Bulgaria").