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In challenging the nexus of race, gender, sexuality, and violence that marks the field of ethnomusicology in its current state, we take an initial step toward radical systemic change: a shift to the structures of ethnomusicology that originates in a shift to its DNA, its composite and fundamental parts.
ethnomusicology. the study of music for, in, and as culture. folklore. the study of orally transmitted fold knowledge and culture. comparative musicology. an area of science that studies music of and across different cultures. Seeks to categorize, describe, and understand cross-cultural music. what does ethnomusicology do? studies various ...
Jan 1, 2012 · Abstract. Béla Bartók birthed the field of ethnomusicology as an academic discipline through his tireless pursuits of folk music, his exposition of the sound of the rural people, and his ...
Welcome to the Ethnomusicology Program at the University of North Texas! We are dedicated to the study of music as an integral part of culture, taking the approach that all music cultures are worthy of study. Through fieldwork — conducting interviews; attending, participating in, and observing performances; learning about local history ...
Apr 20, 2017 · “Ethnomusicological theory,” despite its name and despite the fact that it in some ways permeates our field, has yet to take firm root in our disciplinary imagination. 1 Indeed, the phrase appears to be used rarely, in comparison to references to an unmodified “theory” in or for ethnomusicology. Minimally, ethnomusicology today engages ...
A branch of the academic discipline of ethnomusicology, its scope is still expanding. While its practitioners are in broad agreement over putting ethnomusicological knowledge to use rather than simply pursuing it as an end in itself, we differ in emphasis, whether in definition, method, or purpose (Harrison 2012). Readers may look here for a ...
Feb 7, 2006 · Last Edited December 16, 2013. The word "ethnomusicology" was adopted by a group of music scholars in the 1950s to replace "comparative musicology". In the early and mid-20th century, the field was often defined to encompass musical traditions other than European art music (the study of which is sometimes labelled "historical musicology").
