Ethnomusicology as the Study of People Making Music

Jeff Todd Titon

doi:10.4312/mz.51.2.175-185

Ethnomusicology as the Study of People Making Music

Authors

Jeff Todd Titon Brown University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/mz.51.2.175-185

Keywords:

ethnomusicology, science, definition, history

Abstract

This essay defines ethnomusicology as the study of people making music. People make sounds that are recognized as music, and people also make
“music” into a cultural domain. The essay contrasts this idea of music as a contingent cultural category with earlier scientific definitions that essentialized
music as an object.

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Published

17. 06. 2015

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Articles

License

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How to Cite

Titon, J. T. (2015). Ethnomusicology as the Study of People Making Music. Musicological Annual, 51(2), 175-185. https://doi.org/10.4312/mz.51.2.175-185