Online Resources for Ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology is the study of music in its social context. In the past, the field consisted of scholars from Europe and the United States studying non-European musics. Today, scholars study popular music, classical music, and folk music traditions from this viewpoint.
The following online sources provide more information on the methodologies and results of current ethnomusicological studies:
- "Ethnomusicology" article in Grove Music Online (BSU log-on required from off-campus)
- The Society for Ethnomusicology publishes a scholarly journal, Ethnomusicology.
Music Online: The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music consists of scholarly articles about music from around the world. It is available online through Ball State's database subscriptions (log in required from off campus), and on the Music Collection Reference shelves at ML 100 .G16 1998 (CDs available from the Music Collection counter)
Selected Books
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The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction, 2nd ed. by Call Number: ML3845 .C85 2012 -
Thinking Musically: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture by Call Number: ML3798 .W33 2009 -
Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader by Call Number: ML3799 .E79 2006 -
The New (Ethno)musicologies by Call Number: ML3799 .N39 2008 -
Nettl's Elephant: On the History of Ethnomusicology by Call Number: ML3799 .N38 2010 -
The Music of the Other: New Challenges for Ethnomusicology in a global age by Call Number: ML3798 .A8313 2007 -
Theory for Ethnomusicology by Call Number: ML3798 .S76 2008 -
The Study of Ethnomusicology: Thirty-One Issues and Concepts by Call Number: ML3798 .N47 2005 -
Concepts, experiments, and fieldwork : studies in systematic musicology and ethnomusicology by Call Number: ML3797.1 .C37 2010