Theory for Ethnomusicology

Theory for Ethnomusicology
Title Theory for Ethnomusicology PDF eBook
Author Ruth M. Stone
Publisher Routledge
Pages 257
Release 2015-07-14
Genre Music
ISBN 1317343131

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For courses in ethnomusicological theory. This book covers ethnomusicological theory, exploring some of the underpinnings of different approaches and analyzing differences and commonalities in these orientations. This text addresses how ethnomusicologists have used and applied these theories in ethnographic research.

Theory for Ethnomusicology

Theory for Ethnomusicology
Title Theory for Ethnomusicology PDF eBook
Author Harris Berger
Publisher Routledge
Pages 368
Release 2019-05-31
Genre Music
ISBN 1315408562

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Theory for Ethnomusicology: Histories, Conversations, Insights, Second Edition, is a foundational work for courses in ethnomusicological theory. The book examines key intellectual movements and topic areas in social and cultural theory, and explores the way they have been taken up in ethnomusicological research. New co-author Harris M. Berger and Ruth M. Stone investigate the discipline’s past, present, and future, reflecting on contemporary concerns while cataloging significant developments since the publication of the first edition in 2008. A dozen contributors approach a broad range of theoretical topics alive in ethnomusicology. Each chapter examines ethnographic and historical works from within ethnomusicology, showcasing the unique contributions scholars in the field have made to wider, transdisciplinary dialogs, while illuminating the field’s relevance and pointing the way toward new horizons of research. New to this edition: Every chapter in the book is completely new, with richer and more comprehensive discussions. New chapters have been added on gender and sexuality, sound and voice studies, performance and critical improvisation studies, and theories of participation. New text boxes and notes make connections among the chapters, emphasizing points of contact and conflict among intellectual movements.

Theory and Method in Historical Ethnomusicology

Theory and Method in Historical Ethnomusicology
Title Theory and Method in Historical Ethnomusicology PDF eBook
Author Jonathan McCollum
Publisher Lexington Books
Pages 431
Release 2014-09-11
Genre Music
ISBN 1498507050

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Historical ethnomusicology is increasingly acknowledged as a significant emerging subfield of ethnomusicology due to the fact that historical research requires a different set of theories and methods than studies of contemporary practices and many historiographic techniques are rapidly transforming as a result of new technologies. In 2005, Bruno Nettl observed that “the term ‘historical ethnomusicology’ has begun to appear in programs of conferences and in publications” (Nettl 2005, 274), and as recently as 2012 scholars similarly noted “an increasing concern with the writing of musical histories in ethnomusicology” (Ruskin and Rice 2012, 318). Relevant positions recently advanced by other authors include that historical musicologists are “all ethnomusicologists now” and that “all ethnomusicology is historical” (Stobart, 2008), yet we sense that such arguments—while useful, and theoretically correct—may ultimately distract from careful consideration of the kinds of contemporary theories and rigorous methods uniquely suited to historical inquiry in the field of music. In Theory and Method in Historical Ethnomusicology, editors Jonathan McCollum and David Hebert, along with contributors Judah Cohen, Chris Goertzen, Keith Howard, Ann Lucas, Daniel Neuman, and Diane Thram systematically demonstrate various ways that new approaches to historiography––and the related application of new technologies––impact the work of ethnomusicologists who seek to meaningfully represent music traditions across barriers of both time and space. Contributors specializing in historical musics of Armenia, Iran, India, Japan, southern Africa, American Jews, and southern fiddling traditions of the United States describe the opening of new theoretical approaches and methodologies for research on global music history. In the Foreword, Keith Howard offers his perspective on historical ethnomusicology and the importance of reconsidering theories and methods applicable to this field for the enhancement of musical understandings in the present and future.

Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction

Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction
Title Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction PDF eBook
Author Timothy Rice
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 168
Release 2014
Genre Music
ISBN 0199794375

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Explaining that musicality is an essential touchstone of the human experience, a concise introduction to the study of the nature of music, its community and its cultural values explains the diverse work of today's ethnomusicologists and how researchers apply anthropological and other social disciplines to studies of human and cultural behaviors. Original.

Modeling Ethnomusicology

Modeling Ethnomusicology
Title Modeling Ethnomusicology PDF eBook
Author Timothy Rice
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 273
Release 2017
Genre Music
ISBN 019061689X

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Thirty years of thinking and theorizing about the field come together in Modeling Ethnomusicology, a collection of essays by one of its leading figures. Author Timothy Rice weaves together his most important work about music and the way ethnomusicologists study it, and from this work he proposes a new model for constructing how ethnomusicologists theorize as they conduct research.

Theory of African Music, Volume I

Theory of African Music, Volume I
Title Theory of African Music, Volume I PDF eBook
Author Gerhard Kubik
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 465
Release 2010-10-30
Genre History
ISBN 0226456919

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Vol. 1 previously published in 1994 by F. Noetzel.

Knowing Music, Making Music

Knowing Music, Making Music
Title Knowing Music, Making Music PDF eBook
Author Benjamin Brinner
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 410
Release 1995-12
Genre Music
ISBN 9780226075099

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Using illustrative examples from a variety of traditions, Benjamin Brinner first examines the elements and characteristics of musical competence, the different kinds of competence in a musical community, the development of multiple competences, and the acquisition and transformation of competence through time. He then shows how these factors come into play in musical interaction, establishing four intersecting theoretical perspectives based on ensemble roles, systems of communication, sound structures, and individual motivations. These perspectives are applied to the dynamics of gamelan performance to explain the social, musical, and contextual factors that affect the negotiation of consensus in musical interaction. The discussion ranges from sociocultural norms of interpersonal conduct to links between music, dance, theater, and ritual, and from issues of authority and deference to musicians' self-perceptions and mutual assessments.