[FA Worldmusic] Recommended ethnomusicology books (with focus on the music)

[David Rogers]

Paul Berliner's book "Soul of Mbira" is a classic (on music from Zimbabwe)

Paul is a player, not just a researcher, and has made a terrific
contribution over his career.

-David

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From: fa-worldmusic-bounces+drogers=jumbierecords.com at folk.org
[mailto:fa-worldmusic-bounces+drogers=jumbierecords.com at folk.org] On Behalf
Of bernard kleikamp
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 3:48 PM
To: fa-worldmusic at folk.org
Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] Fw: CMS Announces Institute on the Pedagogiesof
World Music Theories

David,
Try reading
Ted Levin - The hundred thousand fools of God
Bernard Lortat-Jacob - Sardinian Chronicles
Rob Boonzajer Flaes - Brass Unbound. Secret children of the colonial 
brass band.

Bernard Kleikamp
PAN Records



>Hi
>
>Thanks for drawing my attention to this. I'll be signing up, and first in
>line for the seminar on "the concept of periodicity as a theoretical
>construct". 
>
>I recently met an American ethnomusicologist at a Tinariwen show in
>Scotland, who was on her way to 6 months fieldwork in Bangladesh. She was
>rather sheepish about her field of work, though loved the show, and told me
>that her crowd all hate what we know as world music as basically you're not
>supposed to dance and have fun because this shows you are entirely missing
>the point of the 'tradition' in front of you. What a po-faced bunch they
>seem, with the most pretentious jargon I've come across in a long-time.
>Academics breed academics breed academics breed academics breed academics
>
>I've tried to read some of that stuff but it's impossible. In the end it's
>hidebound by its own methodology and style (obligatory 15 footnotes a
page).
>The nearest I got is Robert Farris Thompson who I doubt would have much
>truck with them even if he does teach at Harvard. And Ned Sublette on Cuba,
>now there's a great book. But they make it pretty entertaining if you can
>take on board all the info. Can anyone recommend any other serious books on
>music like theirs?
>
>David Flower
>
>
>  > Hmmm...
>>
>>>
>>>>  From: The College Music Society <cms at music.org>
>>>>  To: <horn_in_b at yahoo.com>
>>>>  Subject: CMS Announces Institute on the Pedagogies
>>>>  of World Music Theories
>>>>  Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:27:37 -0600
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  The College Music Society
>>>>  Institute on the Pedagogies of World Music Theories
>>>>  May 29 - June 2 2007
>>>>  University of Colorado - Boulder
>>>>  Boulder, Colorado
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  ****************************************
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  The University of Colorado at Boulder will host for
>>>>  the second time the
>>>>  "Institute on the Pedagogies of World Music
>>>>  Theories" May 29-June 2,
>>>>  2007. This cutting-edge institute introduces
>>>>  theoretical musical
>>>>  constructs that operate in different world cultures,
>>>>  responding to a
>>>>  growing interest among instructors of
>>>>  university-level music theory
>>>>  courses in drawing upon concepts and pedagogies from
>>>>  a variety of world
>>>>  traditions. The value of teaching music theory from
>>>>  a global perspective
>>>>  becomes increasingly self-evident in an era during
>>>>  which composers and
>>>>  performers from West and South Africa, South and
>>>>  East Asia, and the Near
>>>>  East are creating works that engage new listeners
>>>>  and suggest new
>>>>  compositional possibilities. For further information
>>>>  regarding this
>>>>  institute, including faculty, course content,
>>>>  lodging, and registration,
>>>>  please visit www.music.org/PWMT.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  ******************************************
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  The College Music Society
>>>>  312 East Pine Street
>>>>  Missoula, Montana 59802
>>>>  cms at music.org
>>>>  www.music.org
>>>>
>>>>  .
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