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This article is about the concept. For the society and academic journal, see Society for Ethnomusicology. The Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM is with the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM and British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE one of three major

Ethnomusicology is defined as "the study of and cultural aspects of music and dance in local and global contexts. " [1] Formed from the Greek words ethnos (natio]] of music. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Jeff Todd Titon has called it the study of "people making music. Jeff Todd Titon is a professor of music at Brown University. His published books include Early Downhome Blues A Musical and Cultural Analysis (University of "[2] Although it is often thought of as a study of non-Western musics, ethnomusicology also includes the study of Western music from an anthropological or sociological perspective. The term Western world, the West or the Occident ( Latin: occidens -sunset -west as distinct from the Orient) can have multiple meanings Bruno Nettl (1983) believes it is a product of Western thinking, proclaiming "ethnomusicology as western culture knows it is actually a western phenomenon. Bruno Nettl (b Prague, Czechoslovakia, 14 March 1930) is an active Ethnomusicologist and Musicologist. " [3] Nettl believes that there are limits to extraction of meaning from an indigenous culture's music due to perceptual distance of the Western observer from the culture. However, the growing prevalence of scholars who study their own musical traditions, and an increasing range of different theoretical frameworks and research methodologies has done much to address criticisms such as Nettl's.

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History

While musicology's traditional subject has been the history and literature of Western art music, ethnomusicologists study all music as a human social and cultural phenomenon. The primary precursor to ethnomusicology, comparative musicology, emerged in the late 19th century and early 20th century through the practice of people such as Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Constantin Brǎiloiu, Vinko Zganec, Franjo Ksaver, Carl Stumpf, Erich von Hornbostel, Curt Sachs and Alexander J. Ellis. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25 1881&ndashSeptember 26 1945 was a Hungarian Composer and Pianist, considered to be one of the greatest Zoltán Kodály ( Hungarian: Kodály Zoltán, ˈkodaːj ˈzoltaːn December 16 1882 &ndash March 6 1967 was a Hungarian Composer, Ethnomusicologist Vinko Žganec ( January 22, 1890 - December 12, 1976) is a well-known Croatian Ethnomusicologist. Carl Stumpf (21 April 1848 &ndash 25 December 1936 was a German philosopher and psychologist. Erich Moritz von Hornbostel ( February 25, 1877 - November 28, 1935) was an Austrian Ethnomusicologist and scholar of Curt Sachs ( June 29, 1881 - February 5, 1959) was a German musicologist. Alexander John Ellis ( 14 June, 1814 - 28 October, 1890) was an English mathematician and philologist. Comparative musicology and early ethnomusicology tended to focus on non-Western music that was transmitted through oral traditions. But, in more recent years, the field has expanded to embrace all musical styles from all parts of the world.

The Society for Ethnomusicology has been the primary academic organization for the discipline of ethnomusicology since its inception in 1955. The Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM is with the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM and British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE one of three major

Theories and methods

Ethnomusicologists often apply theories and methods from cultural anthropology, cultural studies and sociology as well as other disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. Cultural anthropology is one of four fields of Anthropology (the holistic study of humanity) as it developed in the United States. Cultural studies is an academic discipline which combines Political economy, Communication, Sociology, Social theory, Literary theory Sociology (from Latin: socius "companion" and the suffix -ology "the study of" from Greek λόγος lógos "knowledge" Though some ethnomusicologists primarily conduct historical studies, the majority are involved in long-term participant observation. Therefore, ethnomusicological work can be characterized as featuring a substantial, intensive ethnographic component.

Some ethnomusicological works are created not necessarily by 'ethnomusicologists' proper, but instead by anthropologists examining music as an aspect of a culture. A well-known example of such work is Colin Turnbull's study of the Mbuti pygmies. Colin Macmillan Turnbull ( November 23 1924 - July 28 1994) was a famous British-American anthropologist who came to public attention The Mbuti people or Bambuti as they are collectively called are one of several indigenous Hunter-gatherer groups in the Congo region of Pygmies (singular Pygmy) refers to a member of any human group whose adult males grow to less than 150 cm (4 feet 11 inches in average height or less than 155 cm Another is Jaime de Angulo, a linguist who intensively studied the music of the natives of Northern California. Jaime de Angulo (1887-1950 was a linguist, novelist and ethnomusicologist in the western United States [4] Additionally, Anthony Seeger, professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, studied the music and society of the Suya people in Mato Grosso, Brazil. [5]

Academic programs

Many universities in North America and Europe now offer ethnomusicology classes and act as centers for ethnomusicological research. The following list includes graduate and undergraduate degree-granting programs (number in parentheses indicates year the program was founded). [6]

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References

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  2. ^ Titon, Jeff Todd: Worlds of Music, 2nd ed. New York: Schirmer Books, 1992, p. xxi.
  3. ^ Bruno Nettl 1983:25 - The Study of Ethnomusicology. Bruno Nettl (b Prague, Czechoslovakia, 14 March 1930) is an active Ethnomusicologist and Musicologist. Urbana, Chicago, and London: University of Illinois Press.
  4. ^ Jaime de Angulo
  5. ^ Anthony Seeger, Professor, Ethnomusicology UCLA
  6. ^ SEM: Guide to Programs

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ethnomusicology

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  1. (music) The study of music and culture; the study of music as it relates to its cultural context
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