Week 2 - September 12: Ethnomusicological traditions and histories (1)
Background readings: EITHER Music Grove online: “Ethnomusicology”: browse Intro + part 1 (pre-1945), OR Myers 1993: 3-15.
Assigned readings: Bohlman 1991; Merriam 1964: 1-16; 17-35; Rice 1987 + response by Anthony Seeger (1987)
DUE: Presentations:
Sachs 1962: read in particular chapters 1 & 10 and browse the rest.
Bartok, either 1931 or 1976.
Brailoiu 1984: read chapters 3, 4, 11 and browse chapter 1 plus anything that interests you.
Hornbostel 1975: skim through and read in particular chapters 3, 5, 6, 12.
Herzog 1935 and browse 1936.
Boas 1895
