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ethnomusicology|ˌɛθnəʊmjuːzɪˈkɒlədʒɪ|
[f. Gr. ἔθνο-ς nation + musicology.]
The scientific study of the music of a culture or sub-culture, considered either as a combination of sounds or as an aspect of socio-cultural behaviour; also, the comparative study of the music of more than one culture. Hence ˌethnomusicoˈlogical a., pertaining to this study; ˌethnomusiˈcologist, a student of or expert in ethnomusicology.
1950J. Kunst Musicologica Pref., It is intended as a general introduction to ethno-musicology, before going on to the study of the forms of separate music-cultures. 1951Africa Jan. 319 This work fulfilled a long-standing need by ethnomusicologists. 1958Listener 15 May 824/3 The book reflects the present state of ethnomusicological studies. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 5 June 332/1 The new subject of ethnomusicology has emerged in no more than a generation to put system into a mass of authentic material gathered from all parts of the globe. 1967W. P. Malm Music Cultures of Pacific i. 9 An ethnomusicologist should be a man of many viewpoints if he is to appreciate fully the meaning of music in a given culture. 1970Daily Tel. 30 Sept. 10/5 Dr Frank Harrison, Reader in the History of Music at Oxford University.., has been appointed to the Chair of Ethnomusicology at Amsterdam University. |