Chapter 1: Before the Trip Begins

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This chapter introduces key philosophical concepts associated with the study of music, as well as the field of ethnomusicology.

Key Terms

  • Anthropology
  • Ethnocentrism
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Fieldwork
  • Modernism
  • Postmodernism
  • Semiotics
  • Sociology

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Links and further resources

Book:
Kubik, Gerhard. Theory of African Music, Vols. 1 & 2. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2010.
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo8648201.html
Book:
Kubik, Gerhard. Africa and the Blues. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1999.
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/Africa-and-the-Blues
Book:
Merriam, Alan. The Anthropology of Music. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1964.
https://nupress.northwestern.edu/content/anthropology-music
Book:
Blacking, John. How Musical Is Man? Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1973.
https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295953380/how-musical-is-man/
Book:
Nettl, Bruno. The Study of Ethnomusicology: Thirty-three Discussions. Third Edition. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2015.
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/28tsh5fx9780252039287.html
Website:
The Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/academics/ethnomusicology/
Website:
Ethnomusicology Institute, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University
https://folklore.indiana.edu/index.html
Website:
International Council for Traditional Music
http://www.ictmusic.org/
Website:
Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix, Arizona USA)
http://www.themim.org/
Website:
National Music Museum at the University of South Dakota (Vermillion, South Dakota USA)
http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/index.html
Website:
Grove Music Online
https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic
Website:
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
http://glnd.alexanderstreet.com/
Video:
JVC/Smithsonian Folkways Video Anthology of World Music
http://lyrichord.com/jvcvideoanthologyofworldmusicanddance.aspx
Journal:
Journal of the Society for Asian Music
http://asianmusic.info