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Lecture 28: World Musics & Ethnomusicology (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Some of the earliest "ethnomusicologists" (though they did not use that term) were missionaries, travelers, government and military officers, and traders, who were often highly educated and who, in the course of their regular work, began to keep diaries and journals about the cultures they were visiting and interacting with. |
 | | Most ethnomusicologists agree that in order to study a field one must work "in the field." That entails actually travelling to the country of origin, and studying, recording and filming the musical activity. |
 | | An ethnomusicologist must be sensitive to a culture that he or she is studying-- for example, questions have arisen about the propriety of recording secret or sacred musics, and about the earnings from the commercial sale of recordings. |
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