首先说明,这里的“民族音乐学”是指英语“Ethnomusicology”一词。关于这个词的中文译法,国内存在着不同意见。在本文中,笔者暂且使用“民族音乐学”这一已为多数人习惯了的译法。 从1988年1月起,笔者在英国的贝尔法斯特女皇大学进修“民族音乐学的理论与方法”,为期一年。现将在此期间所了解到的这一学科在英国的发展与现状,做一概括的介绍。 First of all, “Ethnomusicology” here means the word “Ethnomusicology” in English. The Chinese translation of the word, there are different opinions. In this article, the author for the time being to use “ethnomusicology” has been accustomed to the majority of translation. From January 1988 onwards, I studied Queen’s Belfast University in England “theory and method of ethnomusicology” for one year. Now we will get an overview of the development of this subject in the UK during this period.