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| author | Nancy Lynn Dreyfus |
| title | A Culture of Note: An Ethnographic Analysis of Music Making as a Culture |
| abstract |
Ethnomusicology studies view music as an outgrowth of culture. I contend that groups of people participating in an art form, such as music, create their own culture.
This study supports that argument by seeking to uncover this group's motivational, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual dimensions through interviews with people
who have made music their life's work and sole means of financial support. It is limited to music in Western society as that is the environment in which I grew up
and to which I have the most access from a time and funding perspective. My Drew University course on Women in Asian Traditions offered a valuable and enlightening
introduction to ethnography. Music studies including Opera and Society, Music in the Modern Era, and Music in Film sparked the idea of combining music and ethnography
to better understand the world of those who create music.
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| school | The Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Drew University |
| degree | M.Litt. (2019) |
| advisors | Dr. Karen Pechilis
Maestro Robert Butts |
| full text | NLDreyfus.pdf |
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