The Study of Ethnomusicology: Twenty-Nine Issues and Concepts

Abstract

The Musics of the World The Harmless Drudge: Defining Ethnomusicology The Art of Combining Tones: The Music Concept Inspiration and Perspiration: The Creative Process The Universal Language: Universals of Music The non-universal Language: Varieties of Music Apples and Oranges: Comparative Study I Can't Say a Thing until I've Seen the Score: Transcription and Notation In the Speech Mode: Contemplating Repertories The Most Indefatigable Tourists of the World: Tunes and Their Relationships In the Field Come Back and See Me next Tuesday: essentials of Fieldwork You Will Never Understand this Music: Insiders and Outsiders Hanging on for Dear Life: Preservation and Archives I Am the Greatest: Ordinary and Exceptional Musicians You Call That Fieldwork? Redefining the 'Field' What Do You Think You're Doing? The Host's Perspective In Culture Music and That Complex Whole': Music in Culture The Meat-and-Potatoes Book: Musical Ethnography Music Hath Charms: Uses and Functions of Music In the Beginning: Origins of Music The Continuity of Change: On People Changing Their Music Recorded, Printed, Written, Oral: Traditions The Basic Unit of All Human Behavior and Civilization: Signs and Symbols Location, Location, Location! Interpreting Geographic Distribution The Whys of Musical Style: Determinants In All Its Varieties I've never heard a Horse Sing: Musical Stratification The Creatures of Jubal: Organology How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Teaching and Learning I'm a Stranger here Myself: Women's Music, Women in Music Diversity and Difference: Some Minorities A New Era: The 1990s and Beyond The Shape of the Story: Remarks On History