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The Herb Alpert School of Music is the music conservatory and academic unit at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The school was named after the musician and philanthropist following a landmark $30 million gift to the institution. It supports extensive music programs in Los Angeles, o...
Why this score
Strong UCLA platform and growing reputation, less historically dominant than older specialist conservatories.
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Frances Densmore was an American anthropologist and ethnomusicologist dedicated to documenting and preserving Native American music and culture. She began making audio recordings for the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology in 1907, ultimately preserving thousands of traditional so...
Why this score
Native American music recordings historically invaluable; extraction-era context tempers consensus.
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