musical heritage preservation

Ethno(Musico)Logical Thoughts from Cuba

Conceived as a brainstorm, rather than an academic article, this unorthodox text speaks to what a perspective from Cuba would contribute to musicology, the state of musicology in Cuba, and how its history is shaping the present. To this end, …

The Mission of Musicologists in Cultural Preservation

Various forms of religious radicalism, extreme nationalism, ethnic expulsions, and ill-conceived policies of the political and military superpowers have led to armed conflicts and large-scale destruction of tangible and intangible heritage in recent years, making its preservation a critically urgent …