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Veit Erlmann ()[1] is a German born ethnomusicologist.
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Biography
Born in Germany, he studied musicology, sociology, anthropology and philosophy at the Freie Universität, Berlin, obtaining an M.A. in 1974 and a Ph. D. (Ethnomusicology) from the University of Cologne, in 1978, also doing a Dr. habil. (Ethnomusicology), at the University of Cologne (1991) and a Dr. habil. (Anthropology)at the Freie Universität Berlin (1994).
Erlmannn spent seven years in South Africa, beginning as an Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology, University of Natal, Durban, (1981-1985), Visiting Professor, Dept. of Social Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand and Senior Research Officer, African Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (1986-87). He then went on to stints as Assistant Researcher, Ethnographic Museum, Berlin, (1987-1989), Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Music, University of Chicago (1990-1991), Heisenberg Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin, (1991-1996) and finally Endowed Chair of Music History, University of Texas at Austin (1997-)
He has done fieldwork in Ecuador and in several African countries including Cameroon, Niger, Ghana, South Africa, Lesotho and West Sumatra, Indonesia.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Besides his teaching, his long term contribution has been two books on South African music and performance: African Stars, Studies in Black South African Performance (1991), and Nightsong: Performance, Power and Practice in South Africa (1995), both published by the University of Chicago Press. He later also did a research project on Music and Copyright Law in South Africa (2009-2016).
Sources
https://music.utexas.edu/about/people/erlmann-veit
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