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The canon of ethnomusicology: is there one?
At first glance, the study of ethnomusicology would seem to be anti-canonical in its essence. As a field of study (if not as a discipline), it has certainly challenged the notion that only selected repertories--most usually the historic "classical" musics of Europe, but also "classical" musics in general--merit systematic and categorical inclusion in research and teaching programs.
As programs in ethnomusicology have developed and the related matters of publication and curriculum become institutionalized, however, at least in North America, patterns have emerged that might be viewed as "canonical." As patterns indicative of intellectual history, if not ...
- Performing Ethnomusicology: Teaching and Representation in World Music...
- Magazine article from: Notes McCollum, Jonathan September 1, 2005 700+ words
Performing Ethnomusicology: Teaching and Representation...universities throughout North America. One would thus...of reflexivity in ethnomusicology, that a significant...pedagogical diffusion in North America. Along the same...the development of ethnomusicology as a discipline...
- Ethnomusicology: Historical and Regional Studies.
- Magazine article from: Notes Rahkonen, Carl June 1, 1994 700+ words
...Recent Directions in Ethnomusicology." The volume ends with...to consider this one. Ethnomusicology: Historical and Regional...the Second World War in North America, Europe, and the former...survey of the history of ethnomusicology to date, and more than...
- Writing American Indian Music: Historic Transcriptions, Notations, and...
- Magazine article from: Notes Spinney, Ann Morrison March 1, 2003 700+ words
...American northeast, for example, must comb through the pages of seventeenth-century reports of European explorations into North America for scanty references to singing, dancing, and drumming. There is a widespread perception that since the traditions are...
- Ethnomusicology
- Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences January 1, 2008 700+ words
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- Ethnomusicology: A Research and Information Guide.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Notes McLane, Alec March 1, 2006 700+ words
Ethnomusicology: A Research and Information Guide...references to 1,690 sources in ethnomusicology and related fields, and as such...decade, Ann Briegleb Schuursma's Ethnomusicology Research: A Select Annotated Bibliography...
- Plucking on My Mbira: The ultra-relativist world of ethnomusicology.
- Magazine article from: National Review STEORTS, JASON October 14, 2002 700+ words
...they do. Welcome to the world of ethnomusicology, sire of the courses named above...Koskoff, president of the Society for Ethnomusicology and a professor at the Eastman School...the academy, where the champions of ethnomusicology are found. While the study of classical...
- Shadows in the Field: New Perspectives for Fieldwork in Ethnomusicology.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Notes LAM, JOSEPH S. C. December 1, 1999 700+ words
...New Perspectives for Fieldwork in Ethnomusicology. Edited by Gregory F. Barz and Timothy...presents not only abstract theories of ethnomusicology but also fleidworkers' personal experiences...can be known by the practice of ethnomusicology? Is it possible to engage in fieldwork...
- East European Meetings in Ethnomusicology.
- Magazine article from: Notes Eggleston, Suzanne December 1, 1995 700+ words
...Dedicated to the study of East European ethnomusicology, this Rumanian journal is intended...section contains two articles. "Ethnomusicology as a Humanistic Science; From Sociologism...discusses the scope and meaning of ethnomusicology, using as a foundation for discussion...