Comparative Musicology and Anthropology of Music: Essays on the History of Ethnomusicology

Nineteen scholars from five countries explore significant issues in the history of ethnomusicology and its methodological and theoretical foundations, while providing a critique of the discipline.

"This is a useful and enriching collection of articles of interest to musicologists and ethnomusicologists. . . . The authors manage to cover much ground, presenting fascinating insights into the history of the discipline while also exploring new directions in both theory and analysis. . . . the most sweeping work of this kind to be published since the 1960s."-L. D. Loeb, University of Utah, for Choice

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226574091
• ISBN13: 9780226574097
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"