Sociomusicology

HKFO choral-orchestra performs the Beethoven "Ode to Joy" in a flash mob in Sha Tin, Hong Kong.
HKFO choral-orchestra performs the Beethoven "Ode to Joy" in a flash mob in Sha Tin, Hong Kong.

Sociomusicology (from Latin: socius, "companion"; from Old French musique; and the suffix -ology, "the study of", from Old Greek λόγος, lógos : "discourse"), also called music sociology or the sociology of music, refers to both an academic subfield of sociology that is concerned with music (often in combination with other arts), as well as a subfield of musicology that focuses on social aspects of musical behavior and the role of music in society.


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