ethnomusicology

American  

[eth-noh-myoo-zi-kol-uh-jee] / ˌɛθ noʊˌmyu zɪˈkɒl ə dʒi /

noun

1. the study of folk and primitive music and of their relationship to the peoples and cultures to which they belong.

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ethnomusicology British  

/ ˌɛθnəʊmjuːzɪˈkɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the study of the music of different cultures

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Other Word Forms

• ethnomusicological adjective
• ethnomusicologically adverb
• ethnomusicologist noun

Etymology

Origin of ethnomusicology

First recorded in 1945–50; ethno- + musicology

Example Sentences

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

“A lot of these clubs in L.A. pre-dated the revolution. Artists like Googoosh were already coming in from Iran to perform. Many musicians who were in U.S. when the revolution happened thought they were having a little sojourn and intended to go back someday,” said Farzaneh Hemmasi, a professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Toronto who wrote the book “Tehrangeles Dreaming: Intimacy and Imagination in Southern California’s Iranian Pop Music” and contributed the liner notes for “Tehrangeles Vice.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

Cross, who occasionally freelances for The Seattle Times, first brought the idea of digitizing the magazine to John Vallier, curator of the UW Ethnomusicology Archives, in 2015.

From Seattle Times

“I think there is a lack of sensitivity using that courthouse as a prop,” said Cheryl L. Keyes, chair of the department of African American studies and a professor of ethnomusicology at U.C.L.A.

From New York Times

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