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In article <962264616.26820.0.nnrp-07.9e98440f@news.demon.co.uk>,
David Webber <dave@musical.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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>> fields@login.itd.umich.edu (Dr.Matt) wrote:
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>> 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 :-)

My guess is even if somebody has, there's still grist for a couple more
dissertations in it.
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