world music

Etymology
Attributed to ethnomusicologist (1960s), later primarily used as a marketing term.

Noun

 * 1)  Traditional music, as opposed to popular music or classical music.
 * 2)  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.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 傳統音樂
 * Dutch:, traditionele muziek
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 世界音樂
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: mondmuziko
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:


 * German:
 * Ido: mondo-muziko