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The 21 pages that link to Field recording, each with the reason it gives.
EthnomusicologyRelated: Recordings preserve performances and sound environments for later analysis.
Sound artRelated: Recordings can bring distant places and everyday sonic events into an artwork.
Folk revivalRelated: Recordings circulated songs that revival musicians adapted for new settings.
Jaap KunstRelated: Recordings helped preserve musical performances that Kunst studied and analyzed.