The study of ethnomusicology : thirty-one issues and concepts / Bruno Nettl. [print]

The musics of the world -- The harmless drudge : defining ethnomusicology -- The art of combining tones : the music concept -- Inspiration and perspiration : the creative process -- The universal language : universals of music -- The non-universal language : varieties of music -- Apples and oranges : comparative study -- I can't say a thing until I've seen the score : transcription -- In the speech mode : contemplating repertories -- The most indefatigable tourists of the world : tunes and their relationships -- Come back and see me next Tuesday : essentials of fieldwork -- You will never understand this music : insiders and outsiders -- Hanging on for dear life : preservation and archives -- I am the greatest : ordinary and exceptional musicians -- You call that fieldwork? : redefining the "field" -- What do you think you're doing? : the host's perspective -- Music and "that complex whole" : music in culture -- The meat-and-potatoes book : musical ethnography -- Music hath charms : uses and functions -- In the beginning : origins of music -- The continuity of change : on people changing their music -- Recorded, printed, written, oral : traditions -- The basic unit of all human behavior and civilization : signs and symbols -- Location, location, location! : interpreting geographic distribution -- The whys of musical style : determinants -- I've never heard a horse sing : musical stratification -- The creatures of Jubal : organology -- How do you get to Carnegie Hall? : teaching and learning -- I'm a stranger here myself : women's music, women in music -- Diversity and difference : some minorities -- A new era : The 1990s and beyond -- The shape of the story : remarks on history.The musics of the world -- In the field -- In human culture -- In all varieties.

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