Question

Answer the following about sociological interpretations of the role of music in society, for 10 points each.
[10e] Sociomusicology deviates from a related field with this prefix since it puts less emphasis on national identity. This prefix partly names a method of describing cultural practices while submerged in a group.
ANSWER: ethno- [or ethnography; or ethnomusicology]
[10m] This sociologist outlined the social meanings of music in his Psychological and Ethnological Studies on Music. This sociologist discussed a “blasé outlook” on urban life in his essay “The Metropolis and Mental Life.”
ANSWER: Georg Simmel (“GAY-org ZIM-ull”)
[10h] In his essay “Philosophy of Modern Music,” this thinker remarked that popular music is “regarded as the absolute criterion of social truth.” This thinker outlined “structural listening” in “On the Fetish-Character in Music and Regression in Listening.”
ANSWER: Theodor Adorno [or Theodor W. Adorno; or Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund]
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Florida2025-02-01Y310.00100%0%0%
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Overflow2025-02-01Y512.0080%40%0%
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y215.00100%0%50%
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UC Berkeley AClaremont B1010020
UC Berkeley BUCSD1010020
Claremont AUCLA100010
Florida BFlorida State A100010
Florida AUCF B100010
Valencia AUCF C100010
WashU AChicago B100010
Chicago AIllinois B10101030
Illinois AIllinois C10101030
Indiana AMissoui S&T100010
MissouriIndiana B1010020
WashU BChicago C100010
Georgetown ANotre Dame C100010
Georgetown BIowa0000
Northwestern BNorthwestern A1010020
Notre Dame APurdue100010
Stanford BNotre Dame B1010020
UBCUW B1001020
UW AAlberta100010
Texas AASU1010020
Texas BTAMU100010
Bruin AGeorgia Tech D1010020
Louisville AGeorgia Tech B0000
Tennessee AAlabama A100010
Cambridge BBristol100010
Cambridge CCambridge A010010
Cambridge DImperial B100010
Cambridge EDurham1010020
ManchesterImperial A1010020
LSEOxford A100010
Oxford BNYU C010010
SheffieldOxford C1001020
Warwick ASouthampton B010010
Warwick BSouthampton A100010