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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816204503321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4985-0086-2

1-4985-0705-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Disciplina

780.89

Soggetti

Historical ethnomusicology

Music - Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Theory and Method in Historical Ethnomusicology; Contents; Foreword: The Past is No Longer a Foreign Country; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1Foundations of Historical Ethnomusicology; Chapter 2Methodologies for Historical Ethnomusicology in the Twenty-First Century; Chapter 3 Philosophy of History and Theory in HistoricalEthnomusicology; Chapter 4 Hearing Echoes, Sensing History: The Challengesof Musical Diasporas; Chapter 5 Ancient Music, Modern Myth: Persian Music and the Pursuit of Methodology in HistoricalEthnomusicology

Chapter 6 Analysis of Notation in Music Historiography:  Armenian Neumatic Khaz from the Ninth throughEarly Twentieth CenturiesChapter 7 Southern American Fiddling through theMid-Nineteenth Century: Three Snapshots; Chapter 8 A Tale of Two Sensibilities: Hindustani Musicand its Histories; Chapter 9 The Legacy of Music Archives in HistoricalEthnomusicology: A Model for Engaged Ethnomusicology; Chapter 10 Contested Contextualization: The HistoricalConstructions of East Asian Music; Chapter 11Advancing Historical Ethnomusicology; Name Index; Subject Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Theory and Method in Historical Ethnomusicology </span><span>demonstrates 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. </span></span>