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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