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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Summary
| California | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 0% | 50% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | Y | 10 | 13.00 | 70% | 50% | 10% |
Data
| UC Berkeley A | Claremont B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| UC Berkeley B | UCSD | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Claremont A | UCLA | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |