Re: Univs. for musical geography?

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From: David Webber
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 00:00

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<aloe@rev.net> wrote in message
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> fields@login.itd.umich.edu (Dr.Matt) wrote:
>
> Can't find ethnomusicology defined anywhere.

Ethnomusicology is to do with music played by different cultures around the
world from Brass Bands in the North of England, to the Gamelan in Bali, to
Mongolian throat singers to....

> If it studies the distribution
> of musical characteristics on the earth's surface, related to topography
> and climate, then it may cover musical geography.

...but I'm unsure if  all the different kinds of music have been explained
in terms of whether the folk that play them live on a hill where it rains a
lot???    I dare say someone is bound to have written a thesis on it
somewhere :-)

Dave
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Dave Webber
Author of MOZART the Music Processor for Windows - http://www.mozart.co.uk
Member of the North Cheshire Concert Band http://www.northcheshire.org.uk

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