ethnomusicology
Noun
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ethnomusicology (usually uncountable, plural ethnomusicologies)
(music) The study of music and culture; the study of music as it relates to its cultural context.
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In practice, these research topics are more often considered within ethnomusicology (see below) and "historical musicology" is typically assumed to imply Western Art music of the European tradition.
He holds a BA in Physics and Philosophy from Oxford University and an MMus in Ethnomusicology from the School of Oriental and African Studies,University of London.
His many other publications encompass topics ranging from Indonesian music and world percussion to electronic music technology, early jazz history, multicultural music education, film music, and the ethnomusicology of autism.
This exposure to different worldviews helped spark her interest in ethnomusicology, or the cultural anthropology of music.
In 1972 Paul Rohmann became the Press's second director and expanded the Press's publishing program to include regional studies and ethnomusicology.
The history of music in non-Western cultures (" world music " or the field of "ethnomusicology"), which typically covers music from Africa and Asia is also taught in Western universities.