cantometrics
n.— «Coining the term “cantometrics,” which he defined as meaning “song as a measure of society,” Lomax and his assistances analyzed music from Pygmy recordings to mainstream American pop through thirty-six parameters.» —“Opening up the music universe” by Katica Kiss in George Washington Univesity Daily Colonial (Washington, D.C.) Feb. 24, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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