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Title

Theory and method in historical ethnomusicology / edited by Jonathan McCollum and David G. Hebert.

Publication

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2014.

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Additional Authors

• McCollum, Jonathan.
• Hebert, David G.

Description

pages cm

Summary

• "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" -- From the publisher.

Subject

• Historical ethnomusicology
• Music > Historiography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foundations of historical ethnomusicology / Jonathan McCollum and David G. Hebert -- Methodologies for historical ethnomusicology in the twenty-first century / David G. Hebert and Jonathan McCollum -- Philosophy of history and theory in historical ethnomusicology / David G. Hebert and Jonathan McCollum -- Hearing echoes, sensing history : the challenges of musical diaspora / Judah Cohen -- Ancient music, modern myth : Persian music and the pursuit of methodology in historical ethnomusicology / Ann Lucas -- Analysis of notation in music historiography : Armenian neumatic khaz from the ninth through early twentieth centuries / Jonathan McCollum -- Southern American fiddling through the mid-nineteenth century : three snapshots with modern connections / Chris Goertzen -- A tale of two sensibilities : Hindustani music and its histories / Daniel M. Neuman -- The legacy of music archives in historical ethnomusicology : a model for engaged ethnomusicology / Diane Thram -- Contested contextualization : the historical construction of East Asian music / Keith Howard -- Advancing historical ethnomusicology / Jonathan McCollum and David G. Hebert.

ISBN

9780739168264 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2014020836

OCLC

• 880566073
• SCSB-10049843

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Harvard Library