ethnomusicology
Academic field studying music in its cultural context. Often used in university course names and research contexts.
He is majoring in ethnomusicology at university.
They analyzed the ritual songs from an ethnomusicological perspective.
Synonym; same meaning, but 音楽民族学 is a less common word order. Both are used, but 民族音楽学 may be slightly more frequent.
Compound of 音楽 (music) + 民族 (ethnic group, people) + 学 (study). A direct translation of the English term 'ethnomusicology'.