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From one of the most lauded scholars in ethnomusicology comes this enlightening and highly personal narrative on the evolution and current state of the field of ethnomusicology. Surveying the field he helped establish, Bruno Nettl investigates how concepts such as evolution, geography, and history serve as catalysts for advancing ethnomusicological methods and perspectives. This entertaining collection covers Nettl's scholarly interests ranging from Native American to Mediterranean to Middle Eastern contexts while laying out the pivotal moments of the field and conversations with the giants of its past. Nettl moves from reflections on the history of ethnomusicology to evaluations of the principal organizations in the field, interspersing those broader discussions with shorter essays focusing on neglected literature and personal experiences.
Contents
CoverTitle PageCopyrightContentsForeword: ANTHONY SEEGERIntroduction: Histories, Narratives, SourcesI: Central Issues in a Grand History1. The Seminal Eighties: Historical Musicology and Ethnomusicology2. Look at It Another Way: Alternative Views of the History3. Speaking of World Music: Then and Now4. A Tradition of Self-Critique: For Beverly Diamond5. Revisiting Comparison, Comparative Study, and Comparative MusicologyII: In the Academy6. Ethno among the Ologies7. On the Concept of Evolution in the History of Ethnomusicology8. The Music of AnthropologyIII. Celebrating Our Principal Organizations9. The IFMC/ICTM and the Development of Ethnomusicology in the United States10. Arrows and Circles: Fifty Years of the ICTM and the Study of Traditional Music11. We're on teh Map: Reflections on the Society for Ethnomusicology in 1955 and 2005IV: A Collage of Commentary12. Recalling Some Neglected Classics in Musical Geography: For Tullia Magrini13. Minorities in Ethnomusicology: A Meditation on Experience in Three Cultures14. Riding the Warhorses: On the Ethnomusicology of Canons15. A Stranger Here?: Free Associations around Kurt Weil16. Music—What's That? Commenting on a Book by Carl Dahlhaus and Hans Heinrich EggebrechtReferencesIndex
