1st Edition

Ethnomusicology History, Definitions, and Scope: A Core Collection of Scholarly Articles

Edited By Kay Kaufman Shelemay Copyright 1992
352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

This anthology of 25 scholarly articles offers a broad historical overview of the history, definition, and scope of ethnomusicology. The essays range from early summaries of the field's subject matter and state of research to later, comprehensive discussions spanning the discipline at large, its intellectual history, and future prospects. Ethnomusicology surveys the field, its methods, philosophy,... Read more
Gilman, Benjamin Ives. The Science of Exotic Music * Densmore, Frances. The Study of Indian Music in the Nineteenth Century * Herzog, George. Study of Native Music in America * Seeger, Charles. Systematic Musicology: viewpoints, orientations, and methods * Rhodes, Willard. Toward a Definition of Ethnomusicology * Nettl, Bruno. Historical Aspects of Ethnomusicology * Anon* Whither Ethnomusicology? and The Scope and Aims of Ethnomusicology * Merriam, Alan. Ethnomusicology, Discussion and Definition of the Field * Kurath, Gertrude P. Panorama of Dance Ethnology * Schaeffner, Andr . Contribution de l'ethnomusicologie l'histoire de la musique * McAllester, David. Ethnomusicology, the Field, and the Society * Seeger, Charles. The Preface to a Critique of Music * Wiora, Walter. Ethnomusicology and the History of Music * Hood, Mantle. Ethnomusicology * Marshall, Christopher. Two Paradigms of Music: A Short History of Ideas in Ethnomusicology * McLeod, Norma. Ethnomusicology Research and Anthropology * Merriam, Alan. Ethnomusicology Today * Nettl, Bruno. The State of Research in Ethnomusicology and Recent Developments * Feld, Steven. Ethnomusicology and Visual Communication * Lieberman, Fredric. Should Ethnomusicology Be Abolished? * Merriam, Alan. Definitions of 'Comparative Musicology' 'Ethnomusicology' * Simon, Artur. Probleme, Methoden, und Ziele der Ethnomusikologie * Reyes-Schramm, Adelaida. Ethnic Music, the Urban Area, and Ethnomusicology * List, George. Ethnomusicology: A Discipline Defined * McLean, Mervyn. Preserving World Musics: Perspectives from New Zealand and Oceania

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Kay Kaufman Shelemay