This discography was prepared at the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation in Berlin as a contribution to strengthening material resources useful in teaching about societies and cultures outside the United States and Western Europe. It is not an exhaustive compilation, but a selection of recordings of traditional music of Asian countries. Only records commercially available today have been included. Areas of the world covered are the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. (Author/CK)