Public Ethnomusicology, Education, Archives, and Commerce is the third of three paperback volumes derived from the original Oxford Handbook of Applied Ethnomusicology. It offers an introduction to applied ethnomusicology, and explores the role of ethnomusicology in music education, public folklore, archival and collection work, and the commercial music industry.

Part I: An Introduction to Applied Ethnomusicology, Section 1: Applied Ethnomusicology: A Descriptive and Historical Account, by Jeff Todd Titon, Section 2: Applied Ethnomusicology in the Global Arena, by Svanibor Pettan, Section 3: An Introduction to the Chapters, by Jeff Todd Titon and Svanibor Pettan, Part II: Education, Chapter 1: Strategies and Opportunities in the Education Sector for Applied Ethnomusicology, by Susan E. Oehler Herrick, Chapter 2: Sounds Humane: Music and Humanism in the Aga Khan Humanities Project, by John Morgan O'Connell, Chapter 3: Intersections Between Ethnomusicology, Music Education, and Community Music, by Patricia Shehan Campbell and Lee Higgins, Part III: Agencies, Chapter 4: Archives and Applied Ethnomusicology, by Dan Lundberg, Chapter 5: The Applied Ethnomusicologist as Public Folklorist: Ethnomusicological Practices in the Context of a Government Agency in the United States, by Clifford R. Murphy, Chapter 6: Applied Ethnomusicology in China: An Analytical Review of Practice, by Zhang Boyu and Sarah Stanton, Chapter 7: The Problem and Potential of Commerce, by Alan Williams