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"David Webber" <dave@musical.demon.co.uk> wrote:

><aloe@rev.net> wrote in message
>news:395ae22d$0$10997@wodc7nh6.news.uu.net...

>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 :-)

A degree in geography generally requires a few courses in a specialized
area. So a leading school for musical geography would have a top geography
department and a solid music department. A good ethnomusicology program
would also be an advantage. What schools make the grade?

-- Clef Minim <http://www.rev.net/people/aloe/music>