MU243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sitar, Musicology, Edward Burnett Tylor
Document Summary
All people must be able to place their music firmly in the context of the totality of their beliefs, experiences, and activities, for without such ties, music cannot exist. The ultimate purposes of musicology are the advancement of knowledge of and about music and of the place and function of music in human culture. In a world such as ours, it is necessary to understand why a madrigal by gesualdo or a bach. Passion, a sitar melody from india or a song from africa may be profoundly necessary for human survival. For understanding music, the significance of its relationship to the rest of culture is paramount (nettl) That complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capacities or habits acquired by man as a member of society (tylor) 2) conceptual approach to understanding how the location and activities relate to the complex whole of that culture.
