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- DictionaryEth·no·mu·si·col·o·gy/ˌeTHnōˌmyo͞ozəˈkäləjē/
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- 1. the study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
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- Ethnomusicology
Study of music emphasizing cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dimensions
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 investigate the act of musicking through various immersive, observational, and analytica... Wikipedia
