ethnomusicology
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Origin of ethnomusicology
First recorded in 1945–50; ethno- + musicology
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Even more consequential was the trust that the Barbers placed in Marshall Stearns, who had an academic pedigree in medieval literature and a subsuming interest in the ethnomusicology of jazz.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
A native Angeleno, Washington grew up in South L.A., attended Hamilton High School on the Westside, and earned a degree in ethnomusicology from UCLA.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2024
Dr. Fredara Hadley, an ethnomusicology professor at Juilliard, noted, “You can’t have call-and-response off by yourself.”
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023
Degrees in ethnomusicology and composition studies in highly academic settings also informed Rajasekar’s knowledge of works in the Western European canon.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2022
The field of ethnomusicology is well positioned to contribute toward multicultural and diversity education, and, after a brief description of ethnomusicology, its tenets will be applied towards an examination of them.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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