| Description |
xviii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Eastman studies in music,
1071-9989 ;
v. 48
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Eastman studies in music ; v. 48.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-331) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Humanizing the musical savage : Orientalism and racism in the history of British ethnomusicology -- Early anthropological influences. Cultural anthropology from the late eighteenth century to the 1850s ; The interplay of anthropology and music : nineteenth-century travel literature ; Music in the literature of anthropology from the 1780s to the 1860s -- Musicology in transition to evolution. Cultural anthropology after Darwin ; From travel literature to academic writing : anthropology in the musical press from the 1830s to the 1930s ; Non-Western music in general music histories : progression toward evolution ; Histories of national music (1) : Henry Chorley and the anthropological background ; Histories of national music (2) : Carl Engel and the influence of Tylor ; Overcoming Spencer : late-century theories of the origin of music -- Individualism and the influence of evolution : Charles Samuel Myers and the role of psychology. Charles Samuel Myers and the general movement toward individualism ; From individualism to individual differences ; The psychological writings and the place of evolution and individual differences ; Myers's ethnomusicological writings -- Retaining cultural identity : A. H. Fox Strangways and the problems of transcription. Transcription and the problems of translating musical culture ; A. H. Fox Strangways and attitudes toward song translation ; Fox Strangways and The music of Hindostan. |
| Subject |
Ethnomusicology -- Great Britain -- History.
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Ethnomusicology. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Music and anthropology.
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Music and anthropology. |
| ISBN |
9781580462594 alkaline paper |
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1580462596 alkaline paper |
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