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Convergent evolution in a large cross-cultural database of musical scales. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Scales, sets of discrete pitches that form the basis of melodies, are thought to be one of the most universal hallmarks of music. But we know relatively little about cross-cultural diversity of scales or how they evolved.
John M McBride +2 more
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The role of musical pitch in long-distance defensive signaling. [PDF]
Ann N Y Acad SciThe function of pitch matching between hominins as a means of long‐distance deterrence of conspecifics is proposed. The evolution of different abilities related to pitch production and recognition is discussed. In particular, the emergence and role of culturally variable musical pitch elements as hallmarks of group identity are examined, in the context
Podlipniak P.
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Musicology Today, 2018 Folklorism is presented as a component of culture change. The aim of the article is to show how ethno- and musicologists, folklorists, music teachers, broadcasters, and others, have influenced traditional peasant culture in times of fundamental ...
Dahlig Piotr
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Learning traditional singing in Serbian clubs in Vienna - economic aspects between amateurism and professionalism [PDF]
Muzikologija, 2022 Serbian clubs in Vienna are cultural, artistic, and sports organisations formed in the 1970s by Yugoslav guest workers, then called Yugoslav clubs.
Rašić Miloš
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Event Review: The XXXVI European Seminar in Ethnomusicology
Asian-European Music Research Journal, 2021 This review describes the XXXVI European Seminar in Ethnomusicology as a virtual event organized by colleagues. The event is important to all ethnomusicologists and people interested in the field of ethnomusicology globally.
Fulvia Caruso
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Musical Improvisation and Elegant Writing: Ālāpana in South Indian Karnatak Music Performed by U. Srinivas [PDF]
Analytical Approaches to World Music, 2023 When ethnomusicologists and music theorists analytically approach how musicians improvise, some scholars utilize concepts drawn from linguistics and linguistic anthropology.
Garrett Field
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FOLK SONG COLLECTION IN CSÍKMADARAS AT THE TURN OF THE 20-21ST CENTURY [PDF]
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica, 2023 Csíkmadaras is in the southern part of the microregion called Felcsík. The latter has always been a preferred area for ethnomusicologists, beginning with Béla Bartók.
Zoltán SZALAY
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Institute of musicology, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (1948-2010) [PDF]
Muzikologija, 2010 The article gives an overview of the early days of the Institute, then proceeds to explain the development of the research projects, the further education of research members of the Institute and finally the results of the Institute’s work in various ...
Petrović Danica
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Some Thoughts about Professional Fields of Ethnomusicologists in Museums
Asian-European Music Research Journal, 2020 This is a short essay introducing some thoughts the professional fields of ethnomusicologists working within an ethnographic museum. It is of utmost importance to consider the growing responsibility of any kind of musicologists in the context of a wider ...
Lewy, Matthias
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Popular Music Studies and Ethnomusicology in Australasia [PDF]
IASPM Journal, 2013 A characteristic of the field of popular music studies in Australia and New Zealand (Australasia) is the strong and enduring presence of ethnomusicology and allied ethnographic approaches to popular music research in this region.
Dan Bendrups
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