Ottavio Tiby
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Ottavio Tiby Italian ethnomusicologist
, was one of the pioneers of the scholarly study of Sicilian folk music.
Ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology is defined as "the study of social and cultural aspects of music and dance in local and global contexts."Coined by the musician Jaap Kunst from the Greek words ἔθνος ethnos and μουσική mousike , it is often considered the anthropology or ethnography of music...
, was one of the pioneers of the scholarly study of Sicilian folk music.