ABSTRACT
Theseforagesoffolk-songintoethnomusicologymakeit desirabletodemarcatetheirspheres.Historicallyfolk-loreis aproductofthenineteenthcentury,ethnomusicologyofthe twentieth.Butasamatteroflogicthelatter(andlater) includestheformer,asthewholeincludesthepart.Onthe otherhandasamatterofsemanticsethnomusicologyhasbeen byusegenerallyconfinedtothatmusicwhichwe,with Europeanarrogance,callprimitiveorexotic.(Itisasolecismto speakofaproductoftheancientcivilizationofChinaas primitive,sowecallitexotic.)Earlyanthropologistsand explorersinthenineteenthcenturywrote'uncivilized'ofsuch andknewwhattheymeantandmoreoverwererightinsofar astheword'civilization'impliesanurban,civilorcitizen culture.Butinsofarasanthropologicalconscienceshavegrown moretendereventhelowliestpeoplesarerecognizedaspossessingacultureanditisbecomingdifficulttofindasingleword thatwillembracePygmies,AmerindiansandMelanesians, unlessoneallows'primitive'forit,meaningwithsimpleculture andnoreadingorwriting.DrBrunoNettl1triestosortthings outbydefiningethnomusicologyasthesciencethatdealswith themusicofpeoplesoutsideWesterncivilizationandthenadds 'Theethnomusicologistordinarilydistinguishesinhiswork betweenthreekindsofmusic:Oriental,folkandprimitive.' ThisuseofOrientalwithacapital0certainlyavoidsthe 1MusicinPrimitiveCulture.
