Ethnomusicology


Ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore recording Blackfoot chief Mountain Chief for the Bureau of American Ethnology (1916)
Wikipedia - "Ethnomusicology is defined as 'the study of social and cultural aspects of music and dance in local and global contexts.' Coined by Jaap Kunst from the Greek words ἔθνος ethnos (nation) and μουσική mousike (music), it is often considered the anthropology or ethnography of music."
Wikipedia, UCLA Gateway, Eric Charry’s Homepage

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