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It may seem strange that a paper which proposes to discuss and define the field of ethnomusicology should begin with a quotation concerning American archaeology, and yet the analogy between the old and the new archaeology and the old and the new comparative musicology or ethnomusicology More than this, presents such striking parallels that it ...
Ethnomusicology, literally the study of the music of communities (ethnos), has been defined as the study of music in its social and cultural context. In this sense it is a combination of anthropology and musicology, and it shares many of its formative influences with anthropology, sociology, psychology, and folklore on the one hand and ...
Definition. Stated broadly, ethnomusicology may be described as a holistic investigation of music in its cultural contexts. [4] Combining aspects of folklore, psychology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, comparative musicology, music theory, and history, [5] ethnomusicology has adopted perspectives from a multitude of disciplines. [6]
Nov 29, 2017 · Introduction. Ethnomusicology is most frequently defined as the study of music in its relationship to the rest of human culture, and as the study of the musics of the world from a comparative perspective. But it has also been defined many other ways, including “the study of social and cultural aspects of music and dance in local and global ...
v. t. e. Ethnomusicology (from Greek ἔθνος ethnos ‘nation’ and μουσική mousike ‘music’) is the multidisciplinary study of music in its cultural context, investigating social, cognitive, biological, comparative, and other dimensions involved other than sound. Ethnomusicologists study music as a reflection of culture and ...
History of ethnomusicology. Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dimensions or contexts of musical behavior, in addition to the sound component.
Abstract. ‘Music as culture’ examines the connections that ethnomusicologists make between music and culture. Culture, in an ethnomusicologist sense, refers to all forms of human knowledge, creativity, and values, and to their expression in various activities. Ethnomusicologists believe that humans make music as a constituent element of ...
