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Ethnomusicology

Ethnomusicology is the multidisciplinary study of music in its cultural context. The discipline investigates social, cognitive, biological, comparative, and other dimensions. Ethnomusicologists study music as a reflection of culture and investigate the act of music-making through various immersive, observational, and analytical approaches. This…

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related to Bibliography · 43
Ethnomusicology → Amsterdam, An, An Anthology, Applied Ethnomusicology, Blacking, Cultural Diplomacy, David, Ethnomusicological Observation, Frank, Frits Knuf, Harrison, Hebert, Helen, Hood, How Musical Is Man, ISBN, Jeff Todd Titon, John, Jonathan, Lexington Books
related to External links · 23
Ethnomusicology → African Music, Applied Ethnomusicology, British Library Archived, Ethnomusicology Community, EthnomusicologyInternational Council, EthnomusicologyInternational Library, EthnomusicologyOxford Handbook, EthnomusicologyYale Music Library Research, Fieldwork ResourceSIL, Folk Music, Guide, ILAM, Indiana UniversityEthnomusicology, Outreach Ethnomusicology An Online, Society, The World, Traditional Music, Traditional Music Section, Traditional MusicBritish Forum, University
related to history · 19
Ethnomusicology → Alan Merriam, Berlin, Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv, Charles Seeger, David McAllester, European, From, Later, Many, Over, Pioneering, Steven Feld, The, These, They, This, Western, When, World War II
related to Identity · 16
Ethnomusicology → By, Chicano, LA, Los Angeles, Los Lobos, Mexican, Mexican-American, Minority, Music, Music's, Musical, Stokes, The, Their, They, Turino
related to Applied ethnomusicology · 15
Ethnomusicology → And, Applied, Enemy Way, Fieldwork, For, McAllester, McAllester's, Merriam, Navajo Nation, Navajos, One, SEM, The, This, Titon
related to Linguistics and semiotics · 13
Ethnomusicology → Alton, As, In, Javanese, Judith Becker, Leslie White, Lévi-Strauss, Nattiez, Nettl, Peirce, Saussure, Seeger, This
related to Popular culture · 12
Ethnomusicology → Africa, Arts, Dance, Graceland, Music, Paul Simon's, Pieces, Some, South African, The Kronos Quartet, This, World
related to Approaches · 11
Ethnomusicology → Alan, Ethnomusicological, Ethnomusicologists, Hood, Mantle Hood, Merriam, Seeger, Seeger's, Those, Two, While
related to Methodologies · 10
Ethnomusicology → Béla Bartók, China, He, Hornbostel, India, Japan, Kolinski, Pitch, The, This
related to Western music · 9
Ethnomusicology → By, Early, European, For, Hood, Merriam, Pace, This, Western

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Ethnomusicologyis amultidisciplinary study of music in its cultural context0.90text
Ethnomusicologyis astudy of music as a social and cultural phenomenon0.90text
Ethnomusicologyis asubfield of ethnomusicology0.90text
Ethnomusicologyis amodern field0.90text
a holistic approachinstance ofTypical definitions include elements0.80text
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music theoryinstance ofTypical definitions include elements0.80text
sonicinstance ofTypical definitions include elements0.80text
and historical perspectivesinstance ofTypical definitions include elements0.80text
Willard Rhodes were one of a majority who argued that the field of ethnomusicology should mainly be defined as a field that explores all musical communitiesinstance ofMatt Sakakeeny observed that ethnomusicology since the 1980s has focused increasingly on politics.Scholars0.80text
as well as situating stylesinstance ofMatt Sakakeeny observed that ethnomusicology since the 1980s has focused increasingly on politics.Scholars0.80text
practices with their culturalinstance ofMatt Sakakeeny observed that ethnomusicology since the 1980s has focused increasingly on politics.Scholars0.80text

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