ethnomusicology

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Even more consequential was the trust that the Barbers placed in Marshall Stearns, who had an academic pedigree in medieval literature and a subsuming interest in the ethnomusicology of jazz.

From The Wall Street Journal

He studied composition and ethnomusicology at Tokyo University of the Arts and began playing around with synthesizers and performing in the local pop scene.

From New York Times

Sakamoto, who described classical musician Claude Debussy as his hero, studied ethnomusicology at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, with particular interest in the traditional music of Japan's Okinawa prefecture as well as Indian and African musical traditions.

From Reuters

Trot singing, which gets its name from the foxtrot dance step, is known for its pronounced vibrato and for kkeokk-ki, where a note is embellished by fluctuating between surrounding pitches, said Son Min-jung, a professor of ethnomusicology at the Korea National University of Education who has studied the genre for decades.

From Los Angeles Times

He has blended jazz and hip-hop since the ’90s, notably on his Grammy-nominated “Ethnomusicology” album series.

From New York Times