ethnomusicologyn.
/ˌɛθnəʊˌmjuːzᵻˈkɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌɛθnoʊˌmjuzəˈkɑlədʒi/ A branch of musicology concerned with the music of cultures or subcultures, esp. considered as an aspect of sociocultural behaviour. Also: the comparative study of the music of more than one culture.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > study or science of music > [noun]
musicology1845
musicography1901
ethnomusicology1950
1950 J. Kunst Musicologica Pref. It is intended as a general introduction to ethno-musicology, before going on to the study of the forms of separate music-cultures.
1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 June 332/1 The new subject of ethnomusicology has emerged in no more than a generation to put system into a mass of authentic material gathered from all parts of the globe.
1983 B. Nettl Study of Ethnomusicol. i. 25 Ethnomusicology as understood in Western culture is in fact a Western phenomenon.
2011 P. S. Campbell in T. Rice Ethnomusicological Encounters with Music & Musicians i. vi. 84 For students of ethnomusicology, opportunities to perform with musicians native to a tradition were deemed important in developing their understanding of the participant-observation process.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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