tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post7215522789180915418..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-57583867211927834892007-04-11T19:09:00.000-05:002007-04-11T19:09:00.000-05:00It's satire. I didn't mean it to be taken literal...It's satire. I didn't mean it to be taken literally. I like the English dept at KU, at least those in it I know. I didn't mean that ethnomusicologists thought of themselves as "song theorists." I was just imagining the typical academic moves that people are wont to make.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-84197676288602197572007-04-11T18:35:00.000-05:002007-04-11T18:35:00.000-05:00Are ethnomusicologists song theorists? I feel the...Are ethnomusicologists song theorists? I feel them as historians and ethnographers, but not as aesthetic theorists per se. They talk about How songs move from place to place, and How they fit in different cultural practices, but -- and correct me if I'm wrong -- they don't as far as I know talk about Why it may be that *this* song rather than *that* song is found in X number of locales, while *that* song is found only in Z locales. And do they talk much about the relationship between words and music? <BR/><BR/>I'm a songwriter, so it's endlessly fascinating to me; but, alas, I'm afraid you're probably right the feeling of most of my cohorts for history and theory.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07000424514491809383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-35041554386614701942007-04-10T19:31:00.000-05:002007-04-10T19:31:00.000-05:00yeh, down with the English Department, especially ...yeh, down with the English Department, especially at KU.Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430253706561827669noreply@blogger.com