Nettl's elephant : on the history of ethnomusicology / Bruno Nettl ; foreword by Anthony Seeger.
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. Nettl moves from reflections on the history of ethnomusicology to evaluations of the principal organi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
[2010]
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| Summary: | 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. 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. --from publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-249) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780252090233 0252090233 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record. |