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Ethnomusicology, 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.

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"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 Contents
List 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

Ethnomusicology A Very Short Introduction Very

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      Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
      Published 23 January 2014
      ISBN-13 9780199794379
      978-0199794379
      ISBN-10 0199794375
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      Entertainment Theory of music and musicology Politics, Philosophy & Society Ethnic studies / Ethnicity

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Ethnomusicology, 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 Contents
      List 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

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