Title: The Harmless Drudge:Defining Ethnomusicology
Abstract:This essay talked about the multiplicity of the definitions of different ways of defining a discipline,the history of the term ethnomusicology,the principal activities of ethnomusicologists,and the ki...This essay talked about the multiplicity of the definitions of different ways of defining a discipline,the history of the term ethnomusicology,the principal activities of ethnomusicologists,and the kinds of people who eventually find themselves in this field. Beyond these,the author tried to give a two-pronged definition that is central to this book,and should like to tie it to four areas of belief: 1) Ethnomusicology is the study of music in culture;2) Ethnomusicology is the study of the world's musics from a comparative and relativistic perspective;3)Principally,ethnomusicology is study with the use of fieldwork;4) Ethnomusicology is the study of all of the musical manifestations of a society.Read More
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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