Toward a new comparative musicology. Savage, P. & Brown, S. Analytical Approaches to World Music, 2(2):148–197, 2013. ![Toward a new comparative musicology [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex We propose a return to the forgotten agenda of comparative musicology, one that is updated with the paradigms of modern evolutionary theory and scientific methodology. Ever since the field of comparative musicology became redefined as ethnomusicology in the mid-20th century, its original research agenda has been all but abandoned by musicologists, not least the overarching goal of cross-cultural musical comparison. We outline here five major themes that underlie the re-establishment of comparative musicology: (1) classification, (2) cultural evolution, (3) human history, (4) universals, and (5) biological evolution. Throughout the article, we clarify key ideological, methodological and terminological objections that have been levied against musical comparison. Ultimately, we argue for an inclusive, constructive, and multidisciplinary field that analyzes the world's musical diversity, from the broadest of generalities to the most culture-specific particulars, with the aim of synthesizing the full range of theoretical perspectives and research methodologies available.
@Article{ savage.ea2013-toward,
author = {Savage, Patrick and Brown, Steven},
year = {2013},
title = {Toward a new comparative musicology},
abstract = {We propose a return to the forgotten agenda of
comparative musicology, one that is updated with the
paradigms of modern evolutionary theory and scientific
methodology. Ever since the field of comparative
musicology became redefined as ethnomusicology in the
mid-20th century, its original research agenda has been
all but abandoned by musicologists, not least the
overarching goal of cross-cultural musical comparison. We
outline here five major themes that underlie the
re-establishment of comparative musicology: (1)
classification, (2) cultural evolution, (3) human history,
(4) universals, and (5) biological evolution. Throughout
the article, we clarify key ideological, methodological
and terminological objections that have been levied
against musical comparison. Ultimately, we argue for an
inclusive, constructive, and multidisciplinary field that
analyzes the world's musical diversity, from the broadest
of generalities to the most culture-specific particulars,
with the aim of synthesizing the full range of theoretical
perspectives and research methodologies available.},
doi = {10.31234/osf.io/q3egp},
journal = {Analytical Approaches to World Music},
keywords = {Biomusicology,Constructive,Ethnomusicology,Humanities,Ideology,Musicology,Problem
of universals,Psychology,Scientific method,Social
science,Sociocultural evolution,computational musicology},
mendeley-tags= {computational musicology},
number = {2},
pages = {148--197},
url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283088191_Toward_a_new_comparative_musicology},
volume = {2}
}
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