UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology

Office: 2649 Schoenberg
Phone: 206-1082
Office Hours:   Monday 11 am - 1 pm 

An intellectual history of Ethnomusicology, from its early inception to its development in the United States (1950s-1980s).   Topics for discussion include the definition(s) of Ethnomusicology (e.g., music as/in culture), comparative musicology, the anthropological fusion and its impact on the development of ethnomusicology, scientific method, and cross-cultural analysis in the shaping of ethnomusicological paradigms.  Seminal articles will be reviewed in the context of the seminar.  Further discussion of Ethnomusicology--its theoretical constructs, case studies, and contemporary issues and recent trends in Ethnomusicology will be addressed in M202; however, M201 serves as a major pre-requisite for M202.