Esperanto music is music written, recorded, and performed in Esperanto, a constructed language used for international communication. The term is sometimes also used to encompass music which refers to Esperanto in some way.
The linguistic and musical quality of Esperanto music varies. In some cases, music sung in Esperanto is performed by non-Esperantists, who are rendering the words phonetically from a phonetic transcription or parroting words recited to them by an Esperanto speaker.
The history of Esperanto began not long after the publication of the first Esperanto book (La Unua Libro), and continues to the present day. Online sources of Esperanto music include last.fm, SHOUTcast Radio, Music Panorama; and there is an Esperanto music wiki, Kantaro-Vikio.
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