Description
Book SynopsisEthnomusicology, an academic discipline founded in 1950, has been defined as the study of the music of others. This definition, at once whimsical and very nearly true, is incomplete. Many of its strongest threads have emerged because a person or a people have wanted to understand themselves, their history, and their identity.
Trade Review"Rice's short book delivers a well-structured and comparatively accessible look both into the development of ethnomusicology and into important areas of research, introduces influential studies and researchers, and can well be recommended as a concise alternative to Bruno Nettl's more comprehensive The Study of Ethnomusicology."--Die Musikforschung
Table of ContentsList of illustrations ; Chapter 1: Defining ethnomusicology ; Chapter 2: A bit of history ; Chapter 3: Conducting research ; Chapter 4: The nature of music ; Chapter 5: Music and culture ; Chapter 6: Individual musicians ; Chapter 7: Writing music history ; Chapter 8: Ethnomusicology in the modern world ; Chapter 9: Ethnomusicologists at work ; References ; Further reading ; Suggestions for listening
