ethnomusicology

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Having studied some ethnomusicology, the title made me think of the notion that - in tribal societies - the only real property is a repertoire of songs, and anyone who accumulates assets (as in: material capital), rather than sharing it with the society, is a witch.

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  1. noun The scientific study of music, especially traditional or non-Western music, as an aspect of culture.
  2. noun The comparative study of music of different cultures.

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  • Joe Henderson - and has recorded a string of captivating solo discs - conducted workshops on music business, improvisation, jazz history and ethnomusicology, earlier this week at the University of Maryland's Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
  • Estimates statewide range from 60,000 to 100,000, split among Danbury, Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury, according to Eric Galm, an assistant professor of music and ethnomusicology at Trinity College, who has strong ties to the Brazilian community. —  Hartford Advocate: News
  • American-born Chinese composer Dea is trained in Western classical music and received a doctorate in ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University in the United States.
  • Key philanthropic and government programs offering grants for Ph. D. students appear to be excluding proposals for graduate students in sociology and political science, while favoring proposals from those in history, anthropology and a range of relatively small disciplines, such as art history and ethnomusicology, according to data released Friday. —  EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL
  • Political scientists gained only 5 percent of the awards - less than the 6 percent awarded to arts and ethnomusicology. —  EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL
 

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