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May 28, 2013 · Introduction. Questions concerning the social significance of music have a long history within the interdisciplinary field of ethnomusicology. The emergence of comparative musicology in Europe in the early 20th century, and of ethnomusicology subsequently in North America, generated topical distinctions between Western classical music and the music of “others,” with attendant distinctions ...
It seems to me that any project in ethnomusicology can be conceived to fall into three major parts of which some may be stressed over others: 1) the actual gathering of materials in the field; 2) transcription and analysis; 3) the application of results obtained to relevant problems.
5 days ago · Fieldwork. These teaching and training guidelines provide practical advice and insights into the process of conducting a local-level field documentation project. These guides cover essential topics such as: project planning; research ethics from the perspectives of the fields of folklore, anthropology, ethnomusicology and museum studies; and ...
In this chapter, we examine the trajectory of analytical ethnomusicology, from its parallel beginnings in late 19th-century Europe and North America through its relative obscurity in the field in the mid-20th century to its panoply of new methods in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The aim of the chapter is threefold.
This unit, Ethnomusicology: The Study of Culture and Music relates folk music and the study of Ethnomusicology for fifth graders. Ethnomusicology is defined “as a holistic investigation of music in its cultural contexts. Combining aspects of folklore, psychology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, comparative musicology, music theory and ...
These are all topics that have become increasingly important in the field of ethnomusicology over the 22 years since the first version of Nettl’s book was published. This is an important book that merits the attention of scholars across a diversity arts fields for its depiction of how traditional artistic expression may be understood in the ...
PhD in Ethnomusicology. Ethnomusicology at Stanford prepares students to study sound, listening, and musical practices in diverse social and cultural contexts. Intensive training in fieldwork and ethnographic methods as well as critical theory, performance studies, anthropology, and area studies are central to the program. A vital aspect of ...
