The object is the advancement of research and study in the field of ethnomusicology. The aims include the dissemination of knowledge concerning the music of the world's peoples.
Until Vol. 38(3) - 1996 the now closed International Institute for Traditional Music, Berlin officiated as editor of this journal.
| l2009 | l160 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 978-3-86135-816-9 |
| l2008 | l144 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 978-3-86135-815-2 |
| l2008 | l152 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 978-3-86135-813-8 |
| l2008 | l173 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 978-3-86135-812-1 |
| l2007 | l231 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 978-3-86135-811-4 |
| l2007 | l120 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 978-3-86135-749-0 |
| l2006 | l194 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 978-3-86135-748-3 |
| l2006 | l166 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-747-6 |
| l2006 | l183 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-745-3 |
| l2006 | l192 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-744-5 |
| l2005 | l216 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-743-7 |
| l2005 | l224 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-741-0 |
| l2005 | l212 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-740-2 |
| l2004 | l182 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-739-9 |
| l2004 | lappr. 157 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-737-2 |
| l2003 | l196 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-736-4 |
| l2003 | l186 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-735-6 |
| l2003 | l208 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-734-8 |
| l2002 | l240 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-732-1 |
| l2002 | l192 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-730-5 |
| l2002 | l312 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 32,00 | lISBN 3-86135-731-3 |
| l2001 | l182 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-726-7 |
| l2001 | l168 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-718-6 |
| l2001 | l168 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-717-8 |
| l2000 | l172 p. | lfig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-716-X |
| l2000 | l189 p. | l15 figs., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-714-3 |
| l1999 | l197 p. | l25 figs., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-713-5 |
| l1999 | l149 p. | l15 fig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-712-7 |
| l1999 | l215 p. | l16 fig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-710-0 |
| l1999 | l140 p. | l26 fig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-709-7 |
| l1998 | l186 p. | l29 fig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-708-9 |
| l1998 | l132 p. | l35 fig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-706-2 |
| l1997 | l159 p. | l35 fig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-705-4 |
| l1997 | l144 p. | l26 fig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-704-6 |
| l1997 | l115 p. | l30 fig., photos and musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-702-X |
| l1996 | l120 p. | l20 fig., photos, 22 musical notations | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-701-1 |
| l1996 | l164 p. | l10 photos, 20 musical notations, 6 tab. | lEUR 22,00 | lISBN 3-86135-700-3 |
| l1995 | l125 p. | l3 musical notations, 3 tab. | lEUR 22,00 |