Comparative study of musics of the world, with a focus on the cultural context of music.

the study of the music of non-Western cultures

Study of world music in its cultural contexts.

The study of varioustypes of music in relation to their geographic, racial, and cultural context.

Ethnomusicology (from the Greek ethnos = nation and mousike = music), formerly comparative musicology, is the study of music in its cultural context, cultural musicology. It can be considered the anthropology or ethnography of music. Jeff Todd Titon has called it the study of "people making music".