Cultural musicology lecture 2

Which theory of the origin of music did Stumpf believe in?

• Emotional speech

• Coordinated movement

• Mating

• Signals

When was the term "Kulturreis" coined?

• 1897

• 1900

• 1877

• 1885

What does the Kulturkreislehre entail?

• All of culture started in Europe and moved outwards into other continents.

• A circle can be drawn around cultures, in the circle of that center is the most developed.

• Cultures from different people intertwine in the "circle of exchange"

Who used the kulturkreislehre to find out the most developed tonesystem of cultures?

• Alice Fletcher

• Walter Graf

• John Comfort Fillmore

• Francis la Flesche

Who is this anthropologist? He later joined the bureau of American Ethnology.

• Jesse Walter Fewkes

• Francis la Flesche

• John Comfort Fillmore

• Frances Densmore

Who wrote the comment "It is not what is sung, but what is intented" while transcribing native american music?

• Jesse Walter Fewkes

• Alice Cunningham Fletcher

• John Comfort Fillmore

• Frances Densmore

Answer explanation

Fillmore transcribed the music into western notation, but the natives dont specifically follow western music theory AND sometimes change up what they sing. Fillmore's quote isnt accurate. "What is intented", natives cannot intend to use western music theory that they've never heard of.

Why was cultural anthropology different from comparative musicology?

• The focus shifted towards the instruments instead of the tones.

• The focus shifted towards cultural significance.

• The focus shifted towards the people instead of the methods.

Who is connected to the terms "Cultural relativism" and "Historical particularism"

• Francis la Flesche

• Carl Stumpf

• Franz Boas

• Frances Densmore

What is historical particularism?

• An approach to understand only the historical significance of a culture.

• An approach to understand not just the people, but also the environment and history of the culture.

• The idea that cultures cannot be ranked higher or lower than one another

• The idea that knowledge only comes from experience and observation.

What is cultural relativism?

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  The idea that cultures cannot be ranked higher or lower than one another

• An approach to understand not just the people, but also the environment and history of the culture

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  The idea that knowledge only comes from experience and observation.

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  An approach to understand only the historical significance of a culture.