北美音乐人类学会英文名称为 Society for Ethnomusicology,直译为“音乐人类学会”,简称SEM。此处我加上了“北美”这一限定语 ,一方面是为了不至跟其他国家的或泛指的音乐人类学会混淆 ,另一方面是由于该学会的基础奠于北美洲 (美国和加拿大 )。虽然全球各大洲都有人参加SEM, North American Society of Music and Humanities English name for Society for Ethnomusicology, literally translated as “Musical Society of mankind”, referred to as SEM. Here I add the term “North America”, on the one hand, not to be confused with that of other countries or to the musical anthropology, on the one hand, and to the fact that the Foundation is based in North America (the United States and Canada ). Although there are people on all continents to participate in the SEM,