Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction

Author/Contributor(s):	Rice, Timothy
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	12/27/2013
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Ethnomusicology, an academic discipline founded in 1950, has been defined as the study of the music of others. This definition, at once whimsical and very nearly true, is incomplete. Many of its strongest threads have emerged because a person or a people have wanted to understand themselves, their history, and their identity. This book examines the history of these impulses to study ourselves and others.