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Ecomusicology is an area of study that explores the relationships between music or sound, and the natural environment.[1] It is a study which encompasses a variety of academic disciplines including Musicology, Biology, Ecology and Anthropology. Ecomusicology combines these disciplines to explore how sound is produced by natural environments and, more broadly how cultural values and concerns about nature are expressed through sonic mediums.[1] Ecomusicology explores the ways that music is composed to replicate natural imagery, as well as how sounds produced within the natural environment are used within musical composition. Ecological studies of sounds produced by animals within their habitat are also considered to be part of the field of Ecomusicology. In the 21st century, studies within the field the Ecomusicology have also become increasingly interested in the sustainability of music production and performance.
Ecomusicology | |
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Stylistic origins | Ambient |
Cultural origins | Late 1960s World |
Typical instruments | Strings |
Derivative forms | Contemporary |
Other topics | |
Ethnomusicology, Sociomusicology, Musicology, Anthropology Ecology Environmental Studies |
Due to the broad scope of environmental and musicological concepts which the study encompasses, Ecomusicology can be considered, in its simplest form, as a type Musicology with a focus on Environmental studies and nature. Ecomusicology is regarded as a field of research rather than a specific academic discipline. Because Ecomusicology focuses on a vast variety of disciplines as well as areas of research, it can be imagined as a space in which studies of sound in relation with the environment are conducted.
Ecomusicology’s relevance to such a wide range of other research areas is exactly what makes it somewhat ambiguous. On one hand, Ecomusicology is a unique field of research which helps to make connections between a variety of sound and environmental studies. Yet, by functioning as a collective term, it is often difficult to frame Ecomusicology within a static set of descriptive definitions. Musicologist Aaron S. Allen, the author of multiple published works on Ecomusicology, defines Ecomusicology as “the study of music, culture, and nature in all the complexities of those terms. Ecomusicology considers musical and sonic issues, both textual and performative, related to ecology and the natural environment.”