Nettl's Elephant
- Author: Nettl, Bruno
Light and entertaining, moving and head-noddingly simple without sacrificing the complexity of its implications. . . . Classic Bruno Nettl
Nettl's Elephant
- Author: Nettl, Bruno
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Light and entertaining, moving and head-noddingly simple without sacrificing the complexity of its implications. . . . Classic Bruno Nettl
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From one of the most lauded scholars in ethnomusicology comes this enlightening and highly personal narrative on the evolution and current state of the field of ethnomusicology. Surveying the field he helped establish, Bruno Nettl investigates how concepts such as evolution, geography, and history serve as catalysts for advancing ethnomusicological methods and perspectives. This entertaining collection covers Nettl's scholarly interests ranging from Native American to Mediterranean to Middle Eastern contexts while laying out the pivotal moments of the field and conversations with the giants of its past. Nettl moves from reflections on the history of ethnomusicology to evaluations of the principal organizations in the field, interspersing those broader discussions with shorter essays focusing on neglected literature and personal experiences.
Contents
- CoverTitle PageCopyrightContentsForeword: ANTHONY SEEGERIntroduction: Histories, Narratives, SourcesI: Central Issues in a Grand History
- 1. The Seminal Eighties: Historical Musicology and Ethnomusicology
- 2. Look at It Another Way: Alternative Views of the History
- 3. Speaking of World Music: Then and Now
- 4. A Tradition of Self-Critique: For Beverly Diamond
- 5. Revisiting Comparison, Comparative Study, and Comparative MusicologyII: In the Academy
- 6. Ethno among the Ologies
- 7. On the Concept of Evolution in the History of Ethnomusicology
- 8. The Music of AnthropologyIII. Celebrating Our Principal Organizations
- 9. The IFMC/ICTM and the Development of Ethnomusicology in the United States
- 10. Arrows and Circles: Fifty Years of the ICTM and the Study of Traditional Music
- 11. We're on teh Map: Reflections on the Society for Ethnomusicology in 1955 and 2005IV: A Collage of Commentary
- 12. Recalling Some Neglected Classics in Musical Geography: For Tullia Magrini
- 13. Minorities in Ethnomusicology: A Meditation on Experience in Three Cultures
- 14. Riding the Warhorses: On the Ethnomusicology of Canons
- 15. A Stranger Here?: Free Associations around Kurt Weil
- 16. Music-What's That? Commenting on a Book by Carl Dahlhaus and Hans Heinrich EggebrechtReferencesIndex
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Light and entertaining, moving and head-noddingly simple without sacrificing the complexity of its implications. . . . Classic Bruno Nettl
