ethnomusicology
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- ethnomusicological adjective
- ethnomusicologically adverb
- ethnomusicologist noun
Etymology
Origin of ethnomusicology
First recorded in 1945–50; ethno- + musicology
Example Sentences
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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
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
San Diego researcher who now teaches ethnomusicology at University College Cork in Ireland, focuses on how music gets people to synchronize their behavior.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022
Over the years, he taught ethnomusicology, folklore and Irish studies courses at Penn as well as Georgetown and Villanova universities.
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022
He was also a tireless collector and annotator of East European folk song, and is in fact one of the chief architects of a whole branch of music study known as ethnomusicology.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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