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Rice: Time, Place, and Metaphor 155. Such changes in the uses of music through time and its transportation through space are increasingly reflected in the textures of the musical ethnographies ethnomusicologists are writing. Equally noteworthy is the jumble of musical and cultural styles we en- counter in one place.
This book looks at the field of ethnomusicology - defined as the study of the world's musics from a comparative perspective, and the study of all music from an anthropological perspective - as a field of research. Nettl selects thirty-one concepts and issues that have been the subjects of continuing debate by ethnomusicologists, and he adds ...
Ethnomusicology is the study of music in its social and cultural contexts. Ethnomusicologists examine music as a social process in order to understand what music is and what it means to its practitioners and audiences. Ethnomusicology is highly interdisciplinary. Individuals working in the field may have training in music, sound studies ...
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 ...
Jun 25, 2010 · University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Type of Program and Degrees Offered. Aligning the university’s Departments of Ethnomusicology, Music, and Musicology, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is devoted to the performance and study of music in all of its global diversity, including world music, popular music, jazz, and classical music.
On Friday, May 19, 2017, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music presents a symposium and concert in recognition of the career of UCLA Distinguished Professor Timothy Rice, who is retiring in June 2017. Titled "Ethnomusicology in Theory and Practice," the day-long symposium examines the nature of current theorizing in ethnomusicology.
The Ethnomusicology program prepares students to evaluate and study the place of music in various cultural contexts. Students are trained in cultural theory, anthropology, ethnographic methods, problems in cross-cultural musical analysis, and world music and vernacular musical traditions. The University has particular strengths in Middle ...
