Tag: Ethnomusicology
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Nation & World
In the comings and goings of shopping week, first impressions matter
The first week of each semester is known as “shopping week” at Harvard, during which students are encouraged to try out classes before formally registering.
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Nation & World
John Milton Ward
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on December, 4, 2012, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late John Milton Ward, William Powell Mason Professor of Music, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Ward was an inventor of many areas of research that later contributed to the broadening…
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Nation & World
Scholarship beyond words
Harvard classes and a new journal embrace an emerging wave of doctoral learning beyond the written word that uses film, photo, audio, and other communication channels.
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Nation & World
American tune
Ethnomusicology graduate student Sheryl Kaskowitz talks about her dissertation on cultural shifts in the meaning of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America.”
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Nation & World
Three scholars recognized for music contributions
Three scholars from Harvard’s Music Department received prizes at the Society for Ethnomusicology conference in Los Angeles in early November.