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Reflections On A Music Theory Fight Over Race

MUSIC Posted: August 10, 2020 6:32 am

Insisting that music theory, musicology and ethnomusicology are separate disciplines with no shared ground impoverishes all of our work. By narrowing our focus and policing our boundaries, scholars miss connections and opportunities, and we remain frozen in disdain for all that we don’t know. A distinction between applied and academic music may have its uses, but hyper-specialization leads ultimately to a belief that scholars can’t be creative and that artists are incapable of critical thought. – The Conversation

MUSIC Published: 08.09.20

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