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Aquarter of a century ago Jaap Kunst, dissatisfied with the term “comparative musicology,” invented the new term “ethno-musicology.” In so doing he placed the prefix or combining term “ethno” in front of the word “musicology” to indicate that the study was of the music of the races of man (1950:7).
Four respected scholars, Robert Garfias, Mieczyslaw Kolinski, George List, and Willard Rhodes were invited to transcribe and analyze a recording of a Hukwe song performed with musical bow. The participants were given some background information on the Hukwe people and a small description of the bow's playing technique.
George Herzog (* December 11, 1901 – November 4, 1983) was an American anthropologist, folklorist, musicologist, and ethnomusicologist. Life [ edit ] Georg Herzog studied at the Budapest Music Academy from 1917 to 1919, and at the Hochschule für Musik in Charlottenburg .
Like George List, Ruth Stone, Gloria Gibson, and Daniel Reed before him, Director Alan Burdette worked at the Archives as a graduate student in the Folklore and Ethnomusicology Department prior to becoming Director. He had also been part of the team of individuals who worked on the Strauss Expedition CD-ROM project.
Topics: 1) Methodology and fieldwork; 2) Music in Canada and the United States (including Indian and Black music); 3) Current influences upon ethnomusicology (including music education and contemporary composition) 1973 Annual Meeting (18th): Urbana, Illinois, November 1-4, 1973. Location: Ramada Inn.
About Our Program. Eastman’s Ethnomusicology Program, housed within the Musicology Department, offers students training in the study of music across diverse cultural and geographical settings. Our program enables students to work closely with leading musical scholars, to perform in world music ensembles, and to undertake fieldwork in local ...
Instruction in ethnomusicology at IU began in the late 1940s with George Herzog (Department of Anthropology) and continued with such figures as George List (Archives of Traditional Music) and Walter Kaufmann (School of Music) by the 1950s, and Alan Merriam (Department of Anthropology) by the 1960s.
