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4 days ago · However, even as early as the 1960s some ethnomusicologists were proposing that ethnomusicological methods should also be used to examine Western music. For instance, Alan Merriam, in a 1960 article, defines ethnomusicology not as the study of non-Western music, but as the study of music in culture. [8]
Oct 10, 2024 · Understanding Ethnomusicology. Ethnomusicology is the study of music in cultural context, and it encompasses a wide range of approaches and methods. Ethnomusicologists seek to understand how music is created, performed, and experienced within different cultures around the world. One key aspect of ethnomusicology is its focus on musical systems.
5 days ago · 1. These essays complement an established tradition of work in ethnomusicology and in emerging fields like sound studies. Though ethnomusicological studies have focused largely on the realms of Indian classical and folk music, the modes of analysis they employ shed considerable light on the central issues that the essays in this volume address.
4 days ago · Archive of World Music. The Archive of World Music, a collection of the Loeb Music Library, was established in 1976 by Professor John Ward and in 1992, with the appointment of Kay Kaufman Shelemay as Harvard's first senior professor of ethnomusicology. It is devoted to the acquisition of archival field recordings of musics world-wide as well as ...
- Elizabeth Berndt-Morris
- 2011
Sep 23, 2024 · This term has been used to connote many different things over time, from national and rural traditions in the nineteenth century to the urban and pop scenes of the twentieth. In recent years, scholars have adopted the term "traditional music" to distinguish the scholarly study of this music. See the entries "Ethnomusicology," "World Music," and ...
- Leslie McCall
- 2008
2 days ago · A1. Why study music using a different language other than the language of students. I know it's not easy to change Western standards that are used to measure how one is educated. Most nations other than the African ones learn music in their vernacular eg Japan, China, Russia, Finnish etc.
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Oct 3, 2024 · Overview. This subject teaches students to conceptualise and undertake an ethnographic research project on music-making in the contemporary world. Through in-class activities, students learn to make field notes, engage in participant-observation, conduct interviews, and use performance as a research tool. Through weekly readings, students learn ...
