Following the elephant : ethnomusicologists contemplate their discipline : a collection of articles from Ethnomusicology

In Following the Elephant, Bruno Nettl edits articles drawn from fifty years of the pioneering journal Ethnomusicology. The roster of acclaimed scholars hail from across generations, using other works in the collection as launching points for dialogues on the history and accomplishments of the field. Nettl divides the collection into three sections. In the first, authors survey ethnomusicology from perspectives that include thoughts on defining and conceptualizing the field and its concepts. The second section offers milestones in the literature that critique major works. The authors look at what separates ethnomusicology from other forms of music research and discuss foundational issues. The final section presents scholars considering ethnomusicology--including recent trends--from the perspective of specific, but abiding, strands of thought. Contributors: Charlotte J. Frisbie, Mieczylaw Kolinski, Gerhard Kubik, George List, Alan P. Merriam, Bruno Nettl, David Pruett, Adelaida Reyes, Timothy Rice, Jesse D. Ruskin, Kay Kaufman Shelemay, Gabriel Solis, Jeff Todd Titon, J. Lawrence Witzleben, and Deborah Wong Introduction / -- Bruno Nettl Ethnomusicology, the field and the society -- (vol. 7, no. 3 (Sept. 1963)) / -- David P. McAllester Definitions of "comparative musicology" and "ethnomusicology" : an historical-theoretical perspective -- (vol. 21, no. 2 (May 1977) / -- Alan P. Merriam Ethnomusicology : a discipline defined -- (vol. 23, no. 1 (Jan. 1979) / -- George List A view of ethnomusicology from the 1960s -- (vol. 50, no. 2 (spring/summer 2006) / -- Charlotte J. Frisbie The individual in musical ethnography -- (vol. 56, no. 2 (spring/summer 2012) / -- Jesse D. Ruskin and Timothy Rice Recent trends in ethnomusicology -- (vol. 11, no. 1 (Jan. 1967) / -- Mieczyslaw Kolinski Toward the remodeling of ethnomusicology -- (vol. 31, no. 3 (fall 1987) / -- Timothy Rice Whose ethnomusicology? : western ethnomusicology and the study of Asian music -- (vol. 41, no. 2 (summer 1997) / -- J. Lawrence Witzleben What do ethnomusicologists do? : an old question for a new century -- (vol. 53, no. 1 (winter 2009) / -- Adelaida Reyes In honor of our principal teachers -- (vol. 28, no. 2 (May 1984) / -- Bruno Nettl Music, the public interest, and the practice of ethnomusicology -- (vol. 36, no. 3 (fall 1992) / -- Jeff Todd Titon Toward an ethnomusicology of the early music movement : thoughts on bridging disciplines and musical worlds -- (vol. 45, no. 1 (winter 2001) / -- Kay Kaufman Shelemay Ethnomusicology and difference -- (vol. 50, no. 2 (spring/summer 2006) / -- Deborah Wong Thoughts on an interdiscipline : music theory, analysis, and social theory in ethnomusicology-- (vol. 56, no. 3 (fall 2012) /-- Gabriel Solis. Cover 1 Title 2 Contents 4 Introduction Bruno Nettl 6 PART I 10 Ethnomusicology, the Field and the Society - David P. McAllester 12 Definitions of “Comparative Musicology” and “Ethnomusicology”: An Historical-Theoretical Perspective - Alan P. Merriam 18 Ethnomusicology: A Discipline Defined - George List 34 A View of Ethnomusicology from the 1960s - Charlotte J. Frisbie 38 The Individual in Musical Ethnography - Jesse D. Ruskin and Timothy Rice 48 PART II 76 Recent Trends in Ethnomusicology - Mieczyslaw Kolinski 78 Toward the Remodeling of Ethnomusicology - Timothy Rice 101 Whose Ethnomusicology? Western Ethnomusicology and the Study of Asian Music - J. Lawrence Witzleben 121 What Do Ethnomusicologists Do? An Old Question for a New Century - Adelaida Reyes 143 PART III 160 In Honor of Our Principal Teachers - Bruno Nettl 162 Music, the Public Interest, and the Practice of Ethnomusicology - Jeff Todd Titon 175 Toward an Ethnomusicology of the Early Music Movement: Thoughts on Bridging Disciplines and Musical Worlds - Kay Kaufman Shelemay 182 Ethnomusicology and Difference - Deborah Wong 210 Thoughts on an Interdiscipline: Music Theory, Analysis, and Social Theory in Ethnomusicology - Gabriel Solis 230 Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I -- Ethnomusicology, the Field and the Society -- Definitions of "Comparative Musicology" and "Ethnomusicology": An Historical-Theoretical Perspective -- Ethnomusicology: A Discipline Defined -- A View of Ethnomusicology from the 1960s -- The Individual in Musical Ethnography -- Part II -- Recent Trends in Ethnomusicology -- Toward the Remodeling of Ethnomusicology -- Whose Ethnomusicology? Western Ethnomusicology and the Study of Asian Music -- What Do Ethnomusicologists Do? An Old Question for a New Century -- Part III -- In Honor of Our Principal Teachers -- Music, the Public Interest, and the Practice of Ethnomusicology -- Toward an Ethnomusicology of the Early Music Movement: Thoughts on Bridging Disciplines and Musical Worlds -- Ethnomusicology and Difference -- Thoughts on an Interdiscipline: Music Theory, Analysis, and Social Theory in Ethnomusicology