Research Catalog

Title

The canon and the curricula : a study of musicology and ethnomusicology programs in America / by E. Eugene Helm.

Author

Helm, E. Eugene.

Publication

Stuyvesant, NY : Pendragon Press, ©1994.

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Details

Description

vii, 97 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Pendragon Press musicological series

Uniform Title

Pendragon Press musicological series.

Subject

• Musicology > Study and teaching (Graduate) > United States
• Ethnomusicology > Study and teaching (Graduate) > United States
• Ethnomusicology > Study and teaching (Graduate)
• Musicology > Study and teaching (Graduate)
• Musikwissenschaft
• Lehrplan
• Musikethnologie
• Musicology > Study and teaching > United States
• Ethnomusicology > Study and teaching > United States
• United States
• USA

Contents

Introduction (starting p. 1) -- Background -- Restoration Has Become the Most Obvious Product of Musicology (starting p. 2) -- Decay and restoration (starting p. 2) -- Living in a musical museum (starting p. 6) -- Building anew on our inheritance (starting p. 7) -- Musical restorations have filled our libraries (starting p. 8) -- Making sense of overflowing bookshelves (starting p. 9) -- The definition stabilizes (starting p. 13) -- The persistence of systematic musicology (starting p. 16) -- Ignoring the obvious (starting p. 17) -- More criticism and less positivism? (starting p. 20) -- True and false criticism (starting p. 21) -- A final point (starting p. 21) -- Musicology and Ethnomusicology are Not Yet Integrated (starting p. 22) -- Ethnocentrism vs. cultural relativism (starting p. 23) -- Cultural relativism and the ethnomusicology curriculum (starting p. 25) -- Anthropology vs. passion (starting p. 27) -- East is East and West is also East (starting p. 28) -- Questioning the canon (starting p. 29) -- Far-from-identical twins (starting p. 30) -- Identical twins (starting p. 31) -- Siblings (starting p. 34) -- Prerequisites to Consideration for Admission to the Graduate School and to Graduate Studies in Musicology (starting p. 37) -- A comment on prerequisites and performing ability (starting p. 37) -- Prerequisites on paper (starting p. 42) -- A comment on foreign-language background (starting p. 45) -- Institutional Policies on Admission (starting p. 46) -- Requirements for the Master's Degree in Musicology (starting p. 47) -- Maximum credit toward the Master's for suitable courses taken elsewhere (starting p. 47) -- Full time vs. part time (starting p. 48) -- Time limits (starting p. 48) -- Diagnostic examinations after admission (starting p. 49) -- Course requirements (starting p. 52) -- Required reading knowledge of foreign languages for the Master's Degree (starting p. 59) -- General examinations and evaluations; other requirements (starting p. 61) -- Thesis or final document (starting p. 63) -- Requirements for the M. Phil. in Musicology at Columbia (starting p. 65) -- Course requirements (starting p. 66) -- Required reading knowledge of foreign languages (starting p. 66) -- Field work in ethnomusicology (starting p. 66) -- General examinations and evaluations (starting p. 66) -- Requirements for the Ph.D. Degree in Musicology (starting p. 67) -- Course and residence requirements, timetables, advisement (starting p. 67) -- Required reading knowledge of foreign languages for the Ph.D. (starting p. 81) -- Evaluations, general examinations, candidacy for the Ph.D. (starting p. 83) -- Dissertation (starting p. 89) -- Conclusions: Where We Are Now -- Our basic goals have not changed much since mid-century (starting p. 95) -- We want our new graduate students to arrive with a strong background in performance and general musicianship (starting p. 96) -- The vast majority of our new graduate students will be poorly trained in the liberal arts, especially foreign languages (starting p. 96)

ISBN

• 0945193424
• 9780945193425

LCCN

94034571

OCLC

• ocm31131047
• 31131047
• SCSB-13944937

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library