Awards

• Winner of <DIV>A <I>Choice</I> Outstanding Academic Title, 2012.</DIV> 2012

Overview

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.

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Author:   Bruno Nettl ,  Anthony Seeger
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780252077425

ISBN 10:   0252077423
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   11 August 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of 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

Reviews

A brilliant collection by a renowned author who has for decades shaped thinking in the field on which he reflects in these essays ... No other author could write with such authority and personal experience about ethnomusicology. from the foreword by Anthony Seeger, author of Why Suya Sing: A Musical Anthropology of an Amazonian People Erudite yet accessible, always insightful, beautifully written, and laced with Nettl's signature touches of wit and humour, it represents an important addition to the historiography of our field by the scholar who knows it best. Michael Bakan, author of World Music: Traditions and Transformations

Author Information

Bruno Nettl is professor emeritus of music and anthropology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the author of The Study of Ethnomusicology: Thirty-One Issues and Concepts and many other books.

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