ethnomusicology
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
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
“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 ● Jul. 21, 2023
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 represents the maintenance of a culture, the heart and soul of the masses,” said Steve Loza, a professor of ethnomusicology at UCLA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
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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