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As an introduction some theoretical considerations about the relationship between ethnomusicology and history are presented, followed by a brief review of the role of historical sources within the history of ethnomusicology. The third part is a short report of the history of the Study Group.
While the traditional subject of musicology has been the history and literature of Western art music, ethnomusicology was developed as the study of all music as a human social and cultural phenomenon.
I will discuss the history (and prehistory) of applied ethnomusicology, and its reception, in the United States since the late 1800s. But before sketching that history, I describe applied ethnomusicology as it is practiced today.
‘A bit of history’ charts the history of the study of ethnomusicology. The literate cultures of China and Greece generated philosophical treatises on music because they believed that music is an important cultural expression with significant cosmological, metaphysical, religious, social, and political implications.
ethnomusicology lies in considering music in its social context, our purpose aimed to isolate music from its original, inside context, i.e., the Vietnamese court, and put it in a newly established outside context, i.e., in university
‘The nature of music’ looks at the contribution of the study of ethnomusicology to current theoretical thinking on what music fundamentally is. Ethnomusicologists have been able to combine the specificity of fieldwork with anthropological and social science theories to learn a great deal about music as a human behavior and cultural practice.
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Dec 20, 2019 · Ethnomusicology is the study of music within a cultural context. Explore the history of ethnomusicology, definition, research questions, methods, and ethical concerns.
