一个多世纪以来,世界范围内对音乐艺术的研究,愈来愈广泛、深入和系统化。这不仅表现在对音乐本身的研究,而且涉及到音乐美学、音乐史学、音乐教育学、音乐心理学,以及音乐与民族、音乐与社会文化等方面的研究。也就是说,把音乐这一总体聚象纳入民族学范畴进行研究。从这个意义上讲,研究民俗与音乐的学问,实际上是民族学的一个方面;同时也应该是音乐学的一个分支。 For more than a century, more and more extensive, in-depth and systematic studies have been conducted on the art of music in the world. This is not only reflected in the study of the music itself, but also related to the study of music aesthetics, music history, music education, music psychology, and music and nation, music and social culture. In other words, the overall polygamy music into ethnology areas for research. In this sense, the study of folklore and music is actually one aspect of ethnology; it should also be a branch of musicology.