ETHNOMUS 25 Final: Ethno final review
Document Summary
Division: musicology primarily refers to the study of the western musical canon. In contrast, ethnomusicology focuses instead on interpreting the musical genres, styles and performances of non-western peoples. Created tension b/w western music and everything else: early 1980s. Success w/ recording, packaging, and selling world music as popular. David byrne & latino musicians: 1990s. Womad (world of music and dance) festivals & real world record label . American national academy of recording arts and sciences founded new world music germany. Culture: medium for growth & culture, 19th early 20th century: Plural & relativistic ( views are relative to differences in perception and consideration ) Division by cultures, each worthwhile in unique way. * culture as a system of shared ideas and behaviors that people learn by virtue of being members of a distinct population. Music = humanly organized sound blacking. Timbre/tone quality: the reason you know it"s person x instead of person y or an instrument.
