![]() ![]() In terms of resources for professors and the quality of the educational material, this might be the outstanding on this list. This publication covers many musical styles and genres, and it does so in an accessible fashion. Excursions in World Music. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2008.īruno Nettl, also considered a founding father of ethnomusicology, wrote this introductory textbook for undergraduate students to get familiarized with the music variety of the world. In dedicating the last section of the book to research methodology, Titon renders musical ethnography manageable. Moreover, the last section of the book is particularly fruitful because it points out broad themes for research, such as family, religion, nationalism, gender, ethnicity, commodification, and others to students. The subsequent chapters cover music in North America (native and black), Africa, Central Europe, India, Indonesia, East Asia, Latin America, and the Arab World. Jeff Titon, a pioneer of ecomusicology and sustainability, integrates newer concepts for the study of music (such as soundscapes and music-culture) into an explanation of the basics of music structure (rhythm, melody, harmony, form). Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples. Belmont, California: Schirmer Cengage Learning, 2009. This annotated bibliography is unique because it includes publications in French and German, thus emphasizing the relevance of the discipline in such contexts. ![]() Consequently, this volume is somewhat outdated, but it is particularly apt to the study of the origins of ethnomusicology. In this extended annotated bibliography, Schuursma covers ethnomusicology literature from the 1960s to 1992. Ethnomusicology Research: A Select Annotated Bibliography. On the other hand, part two is a list of more current and diverse publications. Post carefully annotates foundational texts in part one, as a way to get the reader familiarized with the main authors and theories emerging from the discipline. The overview of sources (books, articles, reviews, archives, collections, bibliographies, encyclopedias, dictionaries, indexes, recordings, societies, websites) in this book is intended to facilitate ethnomusicological study and research. Ethnomusicology: A Research and Information Guide. Later on, he will develop the term “bi-musicality,” alluding to bilingualism, that revolutionized our understanding of music practice. In the last chapter about communication, he borrows from linguistics and semiotics, to draw a comparison between music and language. ![]() Therefore, the book contains an introduction, and chapters on “musical literacy,” “transcription and notation,” “organology,” “fieldwork,” “quest for the norms of style,” “scientific methods and the laboratory,” and “communication.” As it is evident from the content of this list, Hood had not totally detached ethnomusicology from its predecessor, comparative musicology. Instead, the book chapter are designed is such a way that one of the main pillars for ethnomusicology is exposed and practically exemplified in each. Mantle Hood’s The Ethnomusicologists is one of the very first books to shape ethnomusicology’s intent, methods, object and subject of study, and scope. Hood never does so in an authoritative voice. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1982. ![]()
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