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An Introduction to Scholarship in Music introduces students to methods and materials of musical scholarship as they are practiced in the United States today. The text exposes readers to diverse research methodologies in music, laying a foundation for their understanding of historical, philosophical, ethnomusicological, qualitative, descriptive, experimental, and behavior research modes of inquiry. Opening chapters examine the use of the library and other sources to gain bibliographical control and evaluate sources; major questions and techniques of philosophical inquiry; and traditional techniques of discovering, editing, compiling, documenting, and annotating the music, composers, performers, and musical artifacts of the past. Additional chapters discuss current methods of ethnomusicology and qualitative research in music education; techniques for the systematic observation of musical events and behavior; and basic statistical concepts to help students better understand quantitative research reports. The closing chapter analyzes the process of isolating cause and effect relationships in music and presents applications of statistical and behavioral designs. Designed to familiarize students with various modes of inquiry and research, An Introduction to Scholarship in Music is an exemplary resource for graduate-level courses and programs in music.

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Cornelia Yarbrough, Ph.D. is Professor Emerita of Music Education at Louisiana State University. She also served on the faculty of Syracuse University, where she was awarded the Chancellor's Citation for Exceptional Academic Achievement. She is the recipient of the Music Educators National Conference 1996 Senior Researcher Award and the LSU 2004 Distinguished Research Master of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Award. Dr. Yarbrough is coauthor, with Clifford K. Madsen, of Competency-Based Music Education and has published research in Journal of Research in Music Education and Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, among others. She served as the editor of Journal of Research in Music Education from 2000 – 2006.

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